Writing another article. Following this mongo DB hype 'yo.

mongo_mauler_v1.rb

require 'mongo'
require 'trollop'
require 'colorize'

foo = ARGV[0] || ARGV[0] = '-h'

opts = Trollop::options do
  banner "Mongo Mauler".red.blue + " | " + "NoSQL? No Problem!".white.bold
  version "Mongo Mauler v 1.0"
  opt :ip,    "Specify a host ip address to work with", :type => :string, :default => '127.0.0.1'
  opt :port,  "Specify a host port to work with", :type => :string, :default => '27017'
  opt :start, "Start the audit"
end

def connect_to_db(args={})
  ip   = args[:ip]   || '127.0.0.1'
  port = args[:port] || '27017'

  begin
    client = Mongo::Client.new(["#{ip}:#{port}"])
  rescue Mongo::Auth::Unauthorized, Mongo::Error => e
    puts "Error #{e.class}: #{e.message}"
  end
end

if opts[:start]
  connect_to_db(opts)
end