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CosmosDatabase.ReadAsync(RequestOptions, CancellationToken) Method

Definition

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

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

Parameters

requestOptions
RequestOptions

(Optional) The options for the container request RequestOptions

cancellationToken
CancellationToken

(Optional) CancellationToken representing request cancellation.

Returns

A Task containing a DatabaseResponse which wraps a DatabaseProperties 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:

StatusCode-Reason for exception

Examples

//Reads a Database resource where
// - database_id is the ID property of the Database resource you wish to read.
Database database = this.cosmosClient.GetDatabase(database_id);
DatabaseResponse response = await database.ReadAsync();

Remarks

Doing a read of a resource is the most efficient way to get a resource from the Database. If you know the resource's ID, do a read instead of a query by ID.

Applies to