text: require('dotenv').config({ path: 'development.env' }); // Grabs MONGODB URI
  
  const mongoose = require('mongoose'); //import mongoose
  
  //Connects to the mongo databse attached to heroku app
  mongoose.connect(
      process.env.MONGODB_URI,
      (err) => {
          if (err) return console.log("Error: ", err);
          console.log("MongoDB Connection -- Ready state is:", mongoose.connection.readyState);
      }
  );