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MongoDB just wasted my 1 hour! I want to create Collection from the front end (through user submitted form).

The problem is I just can't find a way to CHECK IF THE COLLECTION ALREADY EXIST.

I'm using nodeJs and I want something like:

if( collectionExists(collectionTitle) )
//boolean: true

Please, is there such solution or any solution at all? I have tried tricks like:
if(collectionTitle.find({field: value}).count() !== 'undefined')
// This throws error

I know there are work around like forcing the user to select from existing Collection and only try to create it if it doesn't exist. I don't want to use that.

I'm just a beginner i think you can have a variable somewhere that holds the lisT the names of any collection created .. So that when A user from the frontend whats to create a collection , you program just searches through the list to chech if it exist ..

Try this

db.listCollections({name: collName})
.next(function(err, collinfo) {
if (collinfo) {
// The collection exists
}
});