Examples for Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL SDK for JS

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APPLIES TO: NoSQL

Sample solutions that perform CRUD operations and other common operations on Azure Cosmos DB resources are included in the JavaScript SDK for Azure Cosmos DB GitHub repository. This article provides:

  • Links to the tasks in each of the Node.js example project files.
  • Links to the related API reference content.

Prerequisites

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a trial account before you begin.

You can create an Azure Cosmos DB free tier account, with the first 1000 RU/s and 25 GB of storage for free. You can also use the Azure Cosmos DB emulator with a URI of https://localhost:8081. For the key to use with the emulator, see Authenticating requests.

You also need the JavaScript SDK.

Note

Each sample is self-contained, it sets itself up and cleans up after itself. As such, the samples issue multiple calls to Containers.create. Each time this is done your subscription will be billed for 1 hour of usage per the performance tier of the container being created.

Database examples

The DatabaseManagement file shows how to perform the CRUD operations on the database. To learn about the Azure Cosmos DB databases before running the following samples, see Working with databases, containers, and items conceptual article.

Task API reference
Create a database if it doesn't exist Databases.createIfNotExists
List databases for an account Databases.readAll
Read a database by ID Database.read
Delete a database Database.delete

Container examples

The ContainerManagement file shows how to perform the CRUD operations on the container. To learn about the Azure Cosmos DB collections before running the following samples, see Working with databases, containers, and items conceptual article.

Task API reference
Create a container if it doesn't exist Containers.createIfNotExists
List containers for an account Containers.readAll
Read a container definition Container.read
Delete a container Container.delete

Item examples

The ItemManagement file shows how to perform the CRUD operations on the item. To learn about the Azure Cosmos DB documents before running the following samples, see Working with databases, containers, and items conceptual article.

Task API reference
Create items Items.create
Read all items in a container Items.readAll
Read an item by ID Item.read
Read item only if item has changed Item.read - RequestOptions.accessCondition
Query for documents Items.query
Replace an item Item.replace
Replace item with conditional ETag check Item.replace - RequestOptions.accessCondition
Delete an item Item.delete

Indexing examples

The IndexManagement file shows how to manage indexing. To learn about indexing in Azure Cosmos DB before running the following samples, see indexing policies, indexing types, and indexing paths conceptual articles.

Task API reference
Manually index a specific item RequestOptions.indexingDirective: 'include'
Manually exclude a specific item from the index RequestOptions.indexingDirective: 'exclude'
Exclude a path from the index IndexingPolicy.ExcludedPath
Create a range index on a string path IndexKind.Range, IndexingPolicy, Items.query
Create a container with default indexPolicy, then update the container online Containers.create

Server-side programming examples

The index.ts file shows how to perform the following tasks. To learn about Server-side programming in Azure Cosmos DB before running the following samples, see Stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions conceptual article.

Task API reference
Create a stored procedure StoredProcedures.create
Execute a stored procedure StoredProcedure.execute
Bulk update with stored procedure StoredProcedure.execute

For more information about server-side programming, see Azure Cosmos DB server-side programming: Stored procedures, database triggers, and UDFs.

Microsoft Entra Auth Examples

The EntraAuth.ts file shows how to perform the following tasks.

Task API reference
Create credential object from @azure/identity API
Pass credentials to client object with key aadCredentials API
Execute cosmos client with aad credentials API

Miscellaneous samples

Following curated samples illustrate common scenarios.

Task API reference
Alter Query throughput API
Getting query throughput API
using SasTokens for granting scoped access to Cosmos DB resources API

Next steps

Trying to do capacity planning for a migration to Azure Cosmos DB? You can use information about your existing database cluster for capacity planning.