List collection names (TypeScript)
Gets the names of the collections in a keyspace.
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Result
Returns a promise that resolves to the collection names as an unordered list of strings.
Parameters
Use the listCollections method, which belongs to the Db class.
Method signature
async listCollections(
options: {
nameOnly: true,
keyspace?: string,
timeout?: number | TimeoutDescriptor,
}
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The options for this operation.
See Properties of |
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Must be |
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Optional if you specified a working keyspace when you created the Default: The working keyspace set when you created the |
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Optional. The timeout(s) to apply to this method.
You can specify For more information about the |
Examples
The following examples demonstrate how to get collection names.
import {
DataAPIClient,
UsernamePasswordTokenProvider,
} from "@datastax/astra-db-ts";
// Get a database
const client = new DataAPIClient({ environment: "hcd" });
const database = client.db("API_ENDPOINT", {
token: new UsernamePasswordTokenProvider("USERNAME", "PASSWORD"),
keyspace: "KEYSPACE_NAME",
});
// List collections
(async function () {
await database.listCollections({
nameOnly: true,
});
})();Client reference
For more information, see the client reference.
