Soenneker.Cosmos.Container 11.0.2625

Soenneker.Cosmos.Container

Provides cached Azure Cosmos DB container handles plus list and delete operations.

Install

dotnet add package Soenneker.Cosmos.Container

Configuration

{
  "Azure": {
    "Cosmos": {
      "Endpoint": "https://your-account.documents.azure.com:443/",
      "AccountKey": "your-account-key",
      "DatabaseName": "application",
      "EnsureContainerOnFirstUse": true
    }
  }
}

EnsureContainerOnFirstUse defaults to true. On the first Get for a container, the setup utility attempts to create it with partition key path /partitionKey before returning the SDK handle. Set it to false when infrastructure provisioning owns container creation or your containers use another partition key path.

Registration

using Soenneker.Cosmos.Container.Registrars;

services.AddCosmosContainerUtilAsSingleton();

The registration includes the client, database, and container-setup dependencies and intentionally uses a singleton lifetime.

Get a container

using Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos;
using Soenneker.Cosmos.Container.Abstract;

public sealed class OrderStore(ICosmosContainerUtil containers)
{
    public ValueTask<Container> Get(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        return containers.Get("orders", cancellationToken);
    }
}

Use the explicit overload for another account or database:

Container container = await containers.Get(
    endpoint,
    accountKey,
    databaseName,
    containerName,
    cancellationToken);

Handles are cached by endpoint, a SHA-256 identity of the account key, database name, and container name. A rotated account key therefore receives a handle backed by the correct client without putting the raw key into the cache key.

List and delete

IReadOnlyList<ContainerProperties> existing = await containers.GetAll(cancellationToken);
await containers.Delete("obsolete", cancellationToken);

GetAll follows every Cosmos feed page and buffers all ContainerProperties in a list. DeleteAll lists the database and then deletes each container sequentially.

Operational notes

• Delete and DeleteAll permanently remove Cosmos resources and their data. Scope credentials narrowly and do not expose these methods directly to untrusted input.
• Delete obtains the cached handle before issuing the service deletion, then evicts that handle after success. A failed service deletion remains cached and the exception propagates.
• Do not dispose returned Container handles. The singleton utilities own the underlying clients and caches.
• Account keys are credentials. Store them in a secret provider and keep them out of logs and source control.