How to insert data into a mongodb collection using the c# 2.0 driver?

Question

1. I'm using the MongoClient in my c# console application to connect to MongoDB

https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-csharp-driver/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc0

2. My code

     class Program
      {
          static void Main(string[] args)
          {
           const string connectionString = "mongodb://localhost:27017";
   
           // Create a MongoClient object by using the connection string
           var client = new MongoClient(connectionString);
   
           //Use the MongoClient to access the server
           var database = client.GetDatabase("test");
   
           var collection = database.GetCollection<Entity>("entities");
   
           var entity = new Entity { Name = "Tom" };
           collection.InsertOneAsync(entity);
           var id = entity._id;          
       }
   }
   
   public class Entity
   {
       public ObjectId _id { get; set; }
       public string Name { get; set; }
   }
   

3. After successfully running the code above, I'm unable to find this record in the MongoDB database using this command:

   db.entities.find().pretty()
   

What's wrong with my code?

Answer 1

This is the method I created for inserting data into MongoDB, which is working fine now.

static async void DoSomethingAsync()
{
    const string connectionString = "mongodb://localhost:27017";

    // Create a MongoClient object by using the connection string
    var client = new MongoClient(connectionString);

    //Use the MongoClient to access the server
    var database = client.GetDatabase("test");

    //get mongodb collection
    var collection = database.GetCollection<Entity>("entities");
    await collection.InsertOneAsync(new Entity { Name = "Jack" });
}