Example: Using MongoDB .NET Driver with .NET Core WebAPI

Walkthrough blog post - http://qappdesign.com/using-mongodb-with-net-core-webapi

This is the first blog post, presenting the backend associated with a sample application: NotebookApp.

It is a quick walkthrough on using .NET Core 2 to build a Web API layer using MongoDB .NET Driver version 2. All the calls to the database are asynchronous.

Topics Covered

• Technology stack
• Configuration model
• Options model
• Dependency injection
• MongoDb – Installation and configuration using MongoDB C# Driver v.2
• Make a full ASP.NET WebApi project, connected async to MongoDB
• Allowing Cross Domain Calls (CORS)
• Update entire MongoDB documents
• Exception management

How to run it

• Download or clone this project locally
• Install the tools - see here more details: http://qappdesign.com/using-mongodb-with-net-core-webapi
• Run first the MongoDB server (details in the article)
• Then in the console, within the current project folder, run the next two commands: dotnet restore, and then dotnet run
• The ASP.NET Core WebAPI will run using IIS (default settings: http://localhost:5000)