CSharpMongoMigrations

What is it?

CSharpMongoMigrations is an alternative .NET library for mongo migrations. Despite the official package the package allows the both Up and Down migrations. It might be a big advantage for the huge MongoDb projects. Moreover, the solution does not have any dependencies from the outdated MongoDb driver. So you don't need to reference different driver versions anymore.

Documentation API

Generally, there are three types of migrations.

1. Common migration

   [Migration(0, "Add John Doe")]
    public class AddPersonMigration : Migration
    {
        public override void Up()
        {
            var collection = GetCollection("Persons");
            var document = new BsonDocument();

            document.AddUniqueIdentifier(new Guid("06BFFCF5-DAE9-422A-85AB-F58DE41E86DA"));
            document.AddProperty("Name", "John Doe");
            
            collection.InsertOne(document);
        }

        public override void Down()
        {
            var collection = GetCollection("Persons");
            var idFilter = Builders<BsonDocument>.Filter.Eq("_id", new Guid("06BFFCF5-DAE9-422A-85AB-F58DE41E86DA"));
            collection.DeleteOne(idFilter);
        }
    }

Here we define the Up migration to added John Doe to Person collection. The Down method roll back the migration and restore database to the original state.

Pay your attention to the Migration attribute. It's required for running migration by the launcher. You should define the unique migration number ('0' in example) and arbitrary description ('Add John Doe').

2. Document migration

These migrations allow to apply changes to each document in the specified collection.

   [Migration(1, "Change persons")]
    public class AddPropertyPersonMigration : DocumentMigration
    {
        protected override string CollectionName { get { return "Persons"; } }
               
        protected override void UpgradeDocument(BsonDocument document)
        {
            document.AddProperty("IsActive", true);            
        }

        protected override void DowngradeDocument(BsonDocument document)
        {
            document.RemoveProperty("IsActive");
        }
    }

3. Collection migration

These migrations allow to apply changes to each collection separately from another ones.

   [Migration("Animals", 0)]
    public sealed class AddAnimalMigration : Migration
    {
        public override void Up()
        {
            var collection = GetCollection("Animals");
            var document = new BsonDocument();

            document.AddUniqueIdentifier(new Guid("2A7B73A8-3C4A-422D-90B4-C73BCF48EBD4"));
            document.AddProperty("Kind", "Cat");

            collection.InsertOne(document);
        }

        public override void Down()
        {
            var collection = GetCollection("Animals");
            var idFilter = Builders<BsonDocument>.Filter.Eq("_id", new Guid("2A7B73A8-3C4A-422D-90B4-C73BCF48EBD4"));
            collection.DeleteOne(idFilter);
        }
    }

Here, the Migration attribute defines the target collection name and the specific migration version for the predefined collection. It helps us to apply migration to a specific schema.

You can also find more detailed examples in the CSharpMongoMigrations.Demo project.

How to launch migrations?

It's actually simple. You need to create an instance of the MigrationRunner class.

   var runner = new MigrationRunner("<mongoDb_connection_string>", "<database_name>", "<full_name_of_assembly_with_migrations>");

Then you can call the Up or Down method to apply or downgrade migrations.

   // Apply all migrations before specified version.
   // Use -1 as a version parameter to apply all existing migrations. ('-1' is a default parameter value)
   runner.Up("<version>"); 
   
   // Roll back all migrations after specified version.
   // Use -1 as a version parameter to downgrade all existing migrations. ('-1' is a default parameter value)
   runner.Down("<version>"); 

It's worth noting that above methods execute all types of migrations. To launch the collection specific migrations, please use one of the polymorphic methods.

   // Apply all migrations before specified version.
   // Use -1 as a version parameter to apply all existing migrations for the target collection. ('-1' is a default parameter value)
   runner.Up("<Collection_name>", "<version>"); 
   
   // Roll back all migrations after specified version.
   // Use -1 as a version parameter to downgrade all existing migrations for the target collection. ('-1' is a default parameter value)
   runner.Down("<Collection_name>", "<version>");