Please note: this is an EXPERIMENTAL non production package. We do not provide official support for this package. See SUPPORT.md for details.

Our official package azcosmos is ready for production use.

gocosmos

Go driver for Azure Cosmos DB SQL API which can be used with the standard database/sql package. A REST client is also included.

database/sql driver

Summary of supported SQL statements:

Statement	Syntax
Create a new database	CREATE DATABASE [IF NOT EXISTS] <db-name>
Change database's throughput	ALTER DATABASE <db-name> WITH RU/MAXRU=<ru>
Delete an existing database	DROP DATABASE [IF EXISTS] <db-name>
List all existing databases	LIST DATABASES
Create a new collection	CREATE COLLECTION [IF NOT EXISTS] [<db-name>.]<collection-name> <WITH PK=partitionKey>
Change collection's throughput	ALTER COLLECTION [<db-name>.]<collection-name> WITH RU/MAXRU=<ru>
Delete an existing collection	DROP COLLECTION [IF EXISTS] [<db-name>.]<collection-name>
List all existing collections in a database	LIST COLLECTIONS [FROM <db-name>]
Insert a new document into collection	INSERT INTO [<db-name>.]<collection-name> ...
Insert or replace a document	UPSERT INTO [<db-name>.]<collection-name> ...
Delete an existing document	DELETE FROM [<db-name>.]<collection-name> WHERE id=<id-value>
Update an existing document	UPDATE [<db-name>.]<collection-name> SET ... WHERE id=<id-value>
Query documents in a collection	SELECT [CROSS PARTITION] ... FROM <collection-name> ... [WITH database=<db-name>]

See supported SQL statements for details.

Azure Cosmos DB SQL API currently supports only SELECT statement. gocosmos implements other statements by translating the SQL statement to REST API calls.

Example usage:

package main

import (
	"database/sql"
	_ "github.com/microsoft/gocosmos"
)

func main() {
	driver := "gocosmos"
	dsn := "AccountEndpoint=https://localhost:8081/;AccountKey=<cosmosdb-account-key>"
	db, err := sql.Open(driver, dsn)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer db.Close()

	_, err = db.Exec("CREATE DATABASE mydb WITH maxru=10000")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
  
	// database "mydb" has been created successfuly
}

Data Source Name (DSN) syntax for Cosmos DB

Note: line-break is for readability only!

AccountEndpoint=<cosmosdb-endpoint>
;AccountKey=<cosmosdb-account-key>
[;TimeoutMs=<timeout-in-ms>]
[;Version=<cosmosdb-api-version>]
[;DefaultDb|Db=<db-name>]
[;AutoId=<true/false>]
[;InsecureSkipVerify=<true/false>]

• AccountEndpoint: (required) endpoint to access Cosmos DB. For example, the endpoint for Azure Cosmos DB Emulator running on local is https://localhost:8081/.
• AccountKey: (required) account key to authenticate.
• TimeoutMs: (optional) operation timeout in milliseconds. Default value is 10 seconds if not specified.
• Version: (optional) version of Cosmos DB to use. Default value is 2020-07-15 if not specified. See: https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/cosmos-db/#supported-rest-api-versions.
• DefaultDb: (optional) specify the default database used in Cosmos DB operations. Alias Db can also be used instead of DefaultDb.
• AutoId: (optional) see auto id section.
• InsecureSkipVerify: (optional) if true, disable CA verification for https endpoint (useful to run against test/dev env with local/docker Cosmos DB emulator).

Auto-id

Azure Cosmos DB requires each document has a unique ID that identifies the document. When creating new document, if value for the unique ID field is not supplied gocosmos is able to generate one automatically. This feature is enabled by specifying setting AutoId=true in the Data Source Name (for database/sql driver) or the connection string (for REST client). If not specified, default value is AutoId=true.

Known issues

GROUP BY combined with ORDER BY is not supported

Azure Cosmos DB does not support GROUP BY combined with ORDER BY yet. You will receive the following error message:

'ORDER BY' is not supported in presence of GROUP BY.

Cross-partition paging

Cross-partition paging can be done with the OFFSET...LIMIT clause. However, the query is not stable without ORDER BY. The returned results may not be consistent from query to query.

Queries that may consume a large amount of memory

These queries may consume a large amount of memory if executed against a large table:

• OFFSET...LIMIT clause with big offset or limit values.
• SELECT DISTINCT and SELECT DISTINCT VALUE queries.
• Queries with GROUP BY clause.

REST client

See the REST.md file for details.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com.

When you submit a pull request, a CLA bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., status check, comment). Simply follow the instructions provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

Trademarks

This project may contain trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Authorized use of Microsoft trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow Microsoft's Trademark & Brand Guidelines. Use of Microsoft trademarks or logos in modified versions of this project must not cause confusion or imply Microsoft sponsorship. Any use of third-party trademarks or logos are subject to those third-party's policies.