Parse-server: [Error: double colon in host identifier]

[okaris]

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Environment Setup

parse-server-example 2.1.4 running on Heroku
database running on mLab shared cluster

Steps to reproduce

MONGOLAB_URI : mongodb://:@ds059645-a0.mongolab.com:59645,ds059645-a1.mongolab.com:59645/?replicaSet=rs-ds059645

https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/issues/855
@gfosco

Logs/Trace

2016-03-12T17:21:07.174007+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Starting process with commandnpm start 2016-03-12T17:21:08.712950+00:00 app[web.1]: 2016-03-12T17:21:08.712960+00:00 app[web.1]: > [email protected] start /app 2016-03-12T17:21:08.712961+00:00 app[web.1]: > node index.js 2016-03-12T17:21:08.712961+00:00 app[web.1]: 2016-03-12T17:21:10.105043+00:00 app[web.1]: parse-server-example running on port 27750. 2016-03-12T17:21:10.573179+00:00 heroku[web.1]: State changed from starting to up 2016-03-12T17:21:26.759620+00:00 app[web.1]: [Error: double colon in host identifier] 2016-03-12T17:21:56.747283+00:00 heroku[router]: at=error code=H12 desc="Request timeout" method=POST path="/parse/classes/Waves" host=coralline.herokuapp.com request_id=d94cfa43-8644-4d30-a684-71fdef946cc8 fwd="178.240.162.250" dyno=web.1 connect=1ms service=30205ms status=503 bytes=0

[flovilmart]

It seems that you have 2 servers specified in your MONGOLAB_URI, is that one purpose?

[okaris]

@flovilmart Yes it's a replica set on mLab. I took the connection string directly form them. I also tried using only one of the database url's, but I still have the same problem. If you check out the issue i referred there is a bug in the mongo driver actually but it is strange that no one else is having the same problem.

[flovilmart]

can you test on that branch about to be merged? https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/pull/986

[okaris]

I'm not sure how I can use that branch on parse-server since the driver is added as an npm dependency. If you can point me in a direction of how to, I'd be glad.

[flovilmart]

if this is a mongo driver problem, please post the issue to the mongo people :)

[okaris]

@flovilmart I tried to use that branch you offered by changing the dependency in parse-server-example package.json to
"parse-server": "git+https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server.git#mongo-uri-encode-auth"

All I get is
Error: Cannot find module 'parse-server'

Can you help me build with that branch please?

[okaris]

The branch at https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/pull/986 seems to help. It appears that mongo driver can't parse a password with a column ',' in it. This branch seems to fix it or another option is to avoid '@,:' in your database username or password.

Also mongo driver doesn't accept replica set connection strings obtained from mLab. The connection string needs to have only one database url in it.

This issue and related issue https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/issues/855 can be closed now.

[kartheeknagasuri]

hello, i am still facing this issue, any suggestions?

my DB connection string is

mongodb://username:password@7163360509808/iad2-c5-1.mongo.objectrocket.com:port/preprod

at new Promise (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/node_modules/babel-polyfill/node_modules/core-js/modules/es6.promise.js:191:7)
at Function.MongoClient.connect (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongo_client.js:104:12)
at MongoStorageAdapter.connect (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/lib/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js:128:44)
at MongoStorageAdapter._schemaCollection (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/lib/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js:163:19)
at MongoStorageAdapter.getAllClasses (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/lib/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js:312:19)
at /var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/lib/Controllers/SchemaController.js:354:34
at run (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/node_modules/babel-polyfill/node_modules/core-js/modules/es6.promise.js:87:22)
ESC[33mwarnESC[39m: Unable to ensure uniqueness for user email addresses: Error: double colon in host identifier
at module.exports (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/node_modules/mongodb/lib/url_parser.js:91:13)
at connect (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongo_client.js:266:16)
at /var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongo_client.js:105:7
at new Promise (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/node_modules/babel-polyfill/node_modules/core-js/modules/es6.promise.js:191:7)
at Function.MongoClient.connect (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongo_client.js:104:12)
at MongoStorageAdapter.connect (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/lib/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js:128:44)
at MongoStorageAdapter._schemaCollection (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/lib/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js:163:19)
at MongoStorageAdapter.getAllClasses (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/lib/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoStorageAdapter.js:312:19)
at /var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/lib/Controllers/SchemaController.js:354:34
at run (/var/app/current/node_modules/parse-server/node_modules/babel-polyfill/node_modules/core-js/modules/es6.promise.js:87:22)
parse-server-example running on port 8081.