Get a database admin (C#)
The Data API clients use the Database Admin class to perform administrative operations, like managing keyspaces, within a specific database.
The Database Admin class name varies by client.
The C# client uses IDatabaseAdmin.
Result
Returns an IDatabaseAdmin object that can perform administrative actions on the specified database.
Signature
Use the GetAdmin method from the Database class.
public IDatabaseAdmin GetAdmin(GetAdminOptions options = null);public TAdmin GetAdmin<TAdmin>(
GetAdminOptions options = null
) where TAdmin : IDatabaseAdmin;Parameters
| Name | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|
|
General API options for this operation, including the timeout. For more information and examples, see Customize API interaction. |
Examples
The following examples demonstrate how to get a database admin object.
Get a database admin from a database
using DataStax.AstraDB.DataApi;
using DataStax.AstraDB.DataApi.Core;
namespace Examples;
public class Program
{
static void Main()
{
// Get an existing database
var client = new DataAPIClient(
new CommandOptions() { Destination = DataAPIDestination.HCD }
);
var database = client.GetDatabase(
"API_ENDPOINT",
DataAPIClient.UsernamePasswordTokenProvider(
"USERNAME",
"PASSWORD"
)
);
var databaseAdmin = database.GetAdmin();
}
}Client reference
For more information, see the client reference.
