Connecting to MongoHQ using Elixir on Heroku

mongoex-elixir.ex

# uses the mongoex plugin

if System.get_env("MONGOHQ_URL") !== nil do
  connection = URI.parse( System.get_env("MONGOHQ_URL") )
  host = '#{connection.host}'
  port = connection.port
  userinfo = String.split( connection.userinfo, ":" )
  username = Enum.at(userinfo,0)
  password = Enum.at(userinfo,1)
  pool = 4
  database = binary_to_atom( String.replace(connection.path,"/","") )

  Mongoex.Server.setup(address: host, port: port, database: database, pool: pool, username: username, password: password)
end