session-test.js

// Start a session.
session = db.getMongo().startSession( { readPreference: { mode: "primary" } } );

// session = db.getMongo().startSession()

employeesCollection = session.getDatabase("hr").employees;
eventsCollection = session.getDatabase("reporting").events;

// Start a transaction
session.startTransaction( { readConcern: { level: "snapshot" }, writeConcern: { w: "majority" } } );

// session.startTransaction()

// Operations inside the transaction
try {
   employeesCollection.updateOne( { employee: 3 }, { $set: { status: "Inactive" } } );
   eventsCollection.insertOne( { employee: 3, status: { new: "Inactive", old: "Active" } } );
} catch (error) {
   // Abort transaction on error
   session.abortTransaction();
   throw error;
}

// Commit the transaction using write concern set at transaction start
session.commitTransaction();

session.endSession();