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nitinrahim
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Oct 20, 2023

Query to see if a container exists in Cosmos Db

Hi Team,    Is there a cosmos query that can be executed in cosmos database to see if a particular container exists in a cosmos database from the portal or at the sdk level? We are using JAVA SDK. ...
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mannu2050
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Oct 26, 2023

JillArmour nitinrahim you can iterate through list of containers and match, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/java/api/com.azure.cosmos.cosmosdatabase?view=azure-java-stable#com-azure-cosmos-cosmosdatabase-readallcontainers()

 

If the intent is to create container before checking the container's existence, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/java/api/com.azure.cosmos.cosmosdatabase?view=azure-java-stable#com-azure-cosmos-cosmosdatabase-createcontainerifnotexists(com-azure-cosmos-models-cosmoscontainerproperties-com-azure-cosmos-models-throughputproperties)

Please note it has overload methods and feel free to choose the one suits you. 

 

Hope this helps! 

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    nitinrahim
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    Oct 26, 2023
    Thank you.

    With Regards,
    Nitin Rahim

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