`Collection.count` is deprecated but `Collection.countDocuments` and `Collection.estimatedDocumentCount` are not functions

Hi!

I’m having trouble trying to count items in a collection. The current documentation says that you have to use the method count in a collection, but when I use it, it throws a deprecation message:

(node:14328) DeprecationWarning: myCollection.count is deprecated, and will be removed in a future version. Use Collection.countDocuments or Collection.estimatedDocumentCount instead

but when I try to use any of the recommended methods, both throw an exception:

TypeError: myCollection.countDocuments is not a function

TypeError: myCollection.estimatedDocumentCount is not a function

I’m using monk version 7.1.2:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "monk": "^7.1.2"
  }
}

[mathieudutour]

Because nobody sent a PR to support them!

Happy to review and merge one if you want to work on it 👍

[jeancarlozapata]

@osban you are correct, the deprecation notice is coming from Mongo itself. The problem was yesterday it was returning undefined instead of the count. Not sure why it wasn’t working. I reinstalled my local mongodb instance, used the same code and now it’s all working fine.

False alarm 😅 sorry and thank you for your answer!