CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#mongodbmongodb-.net-driver
Royi Namir
Royi Namir

Reputation: 148524

How to `ListCollections` by using only connection string in mongo C# driver?

I'm instantiating MongoClient with full connection string which includes DB : 

MongoClient dbClient = new MongoClient("mongodb://***:***@***:27017/myDb");
var dbList = dbClient.ListDatabases();
IMongoDatabase db = dbClient.GetDatabase("myDb");
var collList = db.ListCollections().ToList();
...

This works. But -

If the connection string already includes myDb, then why do I need to write again : 

dbClient.GetDatabase("myDb");

?

I've already written myDb in the connection string.

Question:

Is there any option to ListCollections of the DB which already mentioned in the connection string?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 170

Answers (1)

Kirk Larkin
Kirk Larkin

Reputation: 93063

One option is to just pull out the database name from the connection string. That might sound a bit messy, but MongoUrl makes it nice and easy. Here's an example:

var connectionString = "...";
var dbName = MongoUrl.Create(connectionString).DatabaseName;

// ...

IMongoDatabase db = dbClient.GetDatabase(dbName);

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions