setting up dotenv and stuff

packages/api/services/database.service.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 // External Dependencies
 import * as mongoDB from "mongodb";
-// import * as dotenv from "dotenv";
+
+import { loadConfig } from "../config";
 
 // Global Variables
-
 export const collections: {
   users?: mongoDB.Collection;
-  relationships?: mongoDB.Collection;
 } = {};
 
 // Initialize Connection
 export async function connectToDatabase() {
+  const config = loadConfig();
+
   const client: mongoDB.MongoClient = new mongoDB.MongoClient(
-    "mongodb+srv://default:[email protected]/default?retryWrites=true&w=majority"
+    config.MONGO_CONNECTION_STRING
   );
 
   await client.connect();
@@ -20,11 +21,8 @@ export async function connectToDatabase() {
   const db: mongoDB.Db = client.db(process.env.DB_NAME);
 
   const usersCollection: mongoDB.Collection = db.collection("users");
-  const relationshipCollection: mongoDB.Collection =
-    db.collection("relationships");
 
   collections.users = usersCollection;
-  collections.relationships = relationshipCollection;
 
   console.log(
     `Successfully connected to database: ${db.databaseName} and collections`