const {MongoClient} = require('mongodb') const client = new MongoClient() client.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/quotes', ready) function ready (err, db) { if (err) throw err const collection = db.collection('quotes') collection.ensureIndex('author', (err) => { if (err) throw err collection.distinct('author', (err, result) => { if (err) throw err console.log(result.join('\n')) db.close() }) }) }