MongoError: there are no users authenticated

Resolved it by closing the client first and then connecting to MongoDB again. This time use the new client returned by connect.

Relevant section from above code is:

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adminDb.addUser(adminUser, adminPassword, {
    roles: [{
        role: "userAdminAnyDatabase",
        db: "admin"
    }]
}).then(function (result) {
    if (result && result.user) {
        console.log("Admin user created successfully");
        client.close(); // close the previous connection!
    }
    MongoClient.connect(format(authURL, encodeURIComponent(adminUser), encodeURIComponent(adminPassword)), function (err, authClient) {
        if (err) throw err;
        console.log('Authenticated Successfully');
        const db = authClient.db() // this is important!
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