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Developing a Node.js app using the Azure Cosmos DB SQL API

Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed multi-model database. One of the supported APIs is the SQL API, which provides a JSON document model with SQL querying and JavaScript procedural logic. This sample shows you how to use Azure Cosmos DB with the SQL API to store and access data from a Node.js application.

Running this sample

This sample is designed to be run as part of the article, "Quickstart: use Node.js to query an Azure Cosmos DB SQL API Database".

• Before you can run this sample, you must have the following perquisites: _ An active Azure Cosmos DB account - If you don't have an account, refer to the Create an Azure Cosmos DB account article. _ Node.js version v0.10.29 or higher. * Git.

1. Clone this repository using git clone git@github.com:Azure-Samples/azure-cosmos-db-sql-api-nodejs-getting-started.git cosmosdb

2. Change directories to the repo using cd cosmosdb

3. Next, substitute the endpoint and authorization key in app.js with your Azure Cosmos DB account's values.

   const endpoint = "<Your Azure Cosmos account URI>";
   const key = "<Your Azure Cosmos account key>";
   

4. Run npm install in a terminal to install required npm modules

5. Run node app.js in a terminal to start your start your node application.

About the code

The code included in this sample is intended to get you quickly started with a Node.js console application that connects to Azure Cosmos DB with the SQL API.

More information

• Azure Cosmos DB
• Azure Cosmos DB: SQL API
• Azure Cosmos DB Node.js SDK
• Azure Cosmos DB Node.js SDK Reference Documentation