MVC Application With MongoDB - Part 1

How To Setup MVC Application With MongoDB Server?

Step 1. Let’s start with the MongoDB server installation for our application. In this application, I am using MongoDB 3.0.4 server. The following image indicates the installation of the server. Setup files downloaded from MongoDB's official website.

Step 2. Now it’s time to check server has been installed properly or not on the machine. So go to location ‘ C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.0\bin’. After successful installation of the server bin folder contains the following mentioned files.

Step 3. Start MongoDB. To start MongoDB, execute the following from the command prompt: C:\ProgramFiles\MongoDB\Server\3.0\bin\mongod This will start the main MongoDB database process. Now waiting for the connections message in the console. Output indicates that mongod.exe running successfully.

Step 4. Connect to MongoDB in order to perform database operations Run the command from a new command prompt: C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.0\bin\mongo Execute the command ‘show dbs’ – it shows a list of databases present at the server. This will open the mongo shell and you can connect your application by running the following commands:

MVC Application with MongoDB

MVC Application UI: We are going to design the following user interface using MVC & all CRUD operations are performed using the MongoDB database, so all the methods which we are going to use are with respect to MongoDB database syntax.

Application Folder & File Structure are as follows:

UserRepositary Model Class File: We are going to use this model class to perform CRUD operations in the MongoDB database.

Create Application Database

using MongoDB.Bson;     
using MongoDB.Driver;     
using MongoDB.Driver.Builders;     
using System;     
using System.Collections.Generic;     
using System.Linq;     
using System.Web;     
    
namespace MvcRegistration.Models     
{     
    public class UserRepositary : IUserRepositary     
    {     
        ObjectId id = new ObjectId();     
    
        MongoClient client = null;     
        MongoServer server = null;     
        MongoDatabase database = null;     
        MongoCollection UserDetailscollection = null;     
    
        string connectionString = "mongodb://localhost";     
        private List<UserModel> _UserList = new List<UserModel>();     
    
        public UserRepositary()     
        {     
            try    
            {     
                client = new MongoClient(connectionString);     
    
                server = client.GetServer();     
    
                database = server.GetDatabase("MVCDB");     
                     
                UserDetailscollection = database.GetCollection<UserModel>("UserModel");     
            }     
            catch (Exception ex)     
            {     
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);     
            }     
        }         
    }     
}  

above code will create the 'MVCDB' database at the MongoDB server.

We can test whether the database is created or not using the command 'show dbs'.

References

To gain a more comprehensive understanding of the subject, please read the next part,

• MVC Application With MongoDB - Part 2 of 2