MongoDB C#/.NET Driver¶

Introduction¶

The official MongoDB C#/.NET Driver provides asynchronous interaction with MongoDB.

• Getting Started
• API Reference
• Changelog
• Source Code

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Installation¶

NuGet is the simplest way to get the driver. Use MongoDB.Driver for all new projects.

For more information, see Installation.

Connect to MongoDB Atlas¶

To connect to a MongoDB Atlas cluster, use the Atlas connection string for your cluster:

using MongoDB.Bson;
using MongoDB.Driver;
// ...
var client = new MongoClient(
    "mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@<cluster-address>/test?w=majority"
);
var database = client.GetDatabase("test");

See Connecting for more information.

Compatibility¶