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 to build a Web API layer using MongoDB .NET Driver v.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

####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)