Database | Connect

When you enable a database service in your CodeMash dashboard page we create a new MongoDb database for you. After that is done you are able to create collections using our provided tools in the dashboard. After you create a collection you can start adding records through the dashboard or using provided SDK.

1.1. Create a Client

For database and all other services you need to create a client to be able to send requests to our servers.

var projectId = Guid.Parse("{YOUR_PROJECT_ID}");
var apiKey = "{YOUR_SECRET_KEY}";

var client = new CodeMashClient(apiKey, projectId);

1.2. Initialize database service

After you have created the client you can initialize database service.

var service = new CodeMashRepository<Person>(client);

Here Person is a class which extends interface IEntity. More about it in 1.3. section.

1.3. Entities

All your collection classes must extend IEntity interface to be able to use database service.

[CollectionName("sdk_test")]
public class Person : Entity
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Entity - class implementing IEntity interface.
CollectionName - attribute which tells the name of the collection.