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Database Commands
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Database commands allow you to perform a wide range of diagnostic and administrative
tasks with the Node.js driver. For example, the
:manual:`dbStats </reference/command/dbStats/>` command returns
storage statistics for a given database. Use the ``command`` function to access
database commands.

.. code-block:: js

   const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');
   
   // Connection URL
   const url = 'mongodb://localhost:27017';
   
   // Create a new MongoClient
   const client = new MongoClient(url);
   
   async function main(client) {
     const db = client.db('myproject');
     const results = await db.command({ dbStats: 1 });
     console.log(results);
   }

   // Function to connect to the server and run your code
   async function run() {
     try {
       // Connect the client to the server
       await client.connect();
       console.log('Connected successfully to server');

       await main(client);
     } finally {
       // Ensures that the client will close when you finish/error
       await client.close();
     }
   }

   // Runs your code
   run();

For a complete list of database commands, see the :manual:`manual </reference/command/>` .