List collection names (C#)

Gets the names of the collections in a keyspace.

Ready to write code? See the examples for this method to get started. If you are new to the Data API, check out the quickstart.

Result

Returns the collection names as an unordered list of strings.

Parameters

Use the ListCollectionNamesAsync method, which belongs to the Database class. You can also use ListCollectionNames, which is the synchronous version of the method.

Method signature
public Task<List<string>> ListCollectionNamesAsync(
  ListCollectionNamesOptions options = null
);
Name Type Summary

options

ListCollectionNamesOptions

Optional. General API options for this operation, including the keyspace and timeout. For more information and examples, see Customize API interaction.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to get collection names.

using System.Text.Json;
using DataStax.AstraDB.DataApi;
using DataStax.AstraDB.DataApi.Core;

namespace Examples;

public class Program
{
  static async Task Main()
  {
    // Get a database
    var client = new DataAPIClient();
    var database = client.GetDatabase(
      "API_ENDPOINT",
      "APPLICATION_TOKEN"
    );

    // List collections
    var names = await database.ListCollectionNamesAsync();

    Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.Serialize(names));
  }
}

Client reference

For more information, see the client reference.

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