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CosmosContainer.ReadContainerAsync Method

Definition

Reads a ContainerProperties from the Azure Cosmos service as an asynchronous operation.

public abstract System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Azure.Cosmos.ContainerResponse> ReadContainerAsync (Azure.Cosmos.ContainerRequestOptions requestOptions = default, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
abstract member ReadContainerAsync : Azure.Cosmos.ContainerRequestOptions * System.Threading.CancellationToken -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Azure.Cosmos.ContainerResponse>
Public MustOverride Function ReadContainerAsync (Optional requestOptions As ContainerRequestOptions = Nothing, Optional cancellationToken As CancellationToken = Nothing) As Task(Of ContainerResponse)

Parameters

requestOptions
ContainerRequestOptions

(Optional) The options for the container request RequestOptions

cancellationToken
CancellationToken

(Optional) CancellationToken representing request cancellation.

Returns

A Task containing a Response which wraps a ContainerProperties containing the read resource record.

Exceptions

This exception can encapsulate many different types of errors. To determine the specific error always look at the StatusCode property. Some common codes you may get when creating a Document are:

StatusCodeReason for exception
404NotFound - This means the resource you tried to read did not exist.
429TooManyRequests - This means you have exceeded the number of request units per second. Consult the DocumentClientException.RetryAfter value to see how long you should wait before retrying this operation.

Examples

Container container = this.database.GetContainer("containerId");
ContainerProperties containerProperties = await container.ReadContainerAsync();

Applies to