Get CosmosDbCollection

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external help file: CosmosDB-help.xml Module Name: CosmosDB online version: schema: 2.0.0

Get-CosmosDbCollection

SYNOPSIS

Return the collections in a Cosmos DB database.

SYNTAX

Context (Default)

Get-CosmosDbCollection -Context <Context> [-Key <SecureString>] [-KeyType <String>] [-Database <String>]
 [-Id <String>] [-MaxItemCount <Int32>] [-ContinuationToken <String>] [-ResponseHeader <PSReference>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Account

Get-CosmosDbCollection -Account <String> [-Key <SecureString>] [-KeyType <String>] [-Database <String>]
 [-Id <String>] [-MaxItemCount <Int32>] [-ContinuationToken <String>] [-ResponseHeader <PSReference>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet will return the collections in a Cosmos DB database. If the Id is specified then only the collection matching this Id will be returned, otherwise all collections will be returned.

A maxiumum of 100 collections will be returned if an Id is not specified. To retrieve more than 100 collections a continuation token will need to be used.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-CosmosDbCollection -Context $cosmosDbContext

Gets a list of collections in a database.

Example 2

PS C:\> Get-CosmosDbCollection -Context $cosmosDbContext -Id 'MyNewCollection'

Get a the MyNewCollection collection from a database.

Example 3

PS C:\> $ResponseHeader = $null
PS C:\> $collections = Get-CosmosDbCollection -Context $cosmosDbContext -MaxItemCount 5 -ResponseHeader ([ref] $ResponseHeader)
PS C:\> $continuationToken = [String] $ResponseHeader.'x-ms-continuation'

Get the first 5 collection from the the database storing a continuation token that can be used to retrieve further blocks of collections.

Example 4

PS C:\> $collections = Get-CosmosDbCollection -Context $cosmosDbContext -MaxItemCount 5 -ContinuationToken $continuationToken

Get the next 5 collections in the database using the continuation token found in the headers from the previous example.

PARAMETERS

-Account

The account name of the Cosmos DB to access.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: Account
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Context

This is an object containing the context information of the Cosmos DB database that will be deleted. It should be created by `New-CosmosDbContext`.

Type: Context
Parameter Sets: Context
Aliases: Connection

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ContinuationToken

A string token returned for queries and read-feed operations if there are more results to be read. Should not be set if Id is set.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Database

The name of the database to access in the Cosmos DB account.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Id

This is the id of the collection to get. If not specified all collections in the database will be returned.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Key

The key to be used to access this Cosmos DB.

Type: SecureString
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-KeyType

The type of key that will be used to access ths Cosmos DB.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Accepted values: master, resource

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: Master
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-MaxItemCount

An integer indicating the maximum number of items to be returned per page. Should not be set if Id is set.

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ResponseHeader

This is a reference variable that will be used to return the hashtable that contains any headers returned by the request.

Type: PSReference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

System.Object

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