Convert MongoDB BsonDocument into a string

Question

How do a convert an entire MongoDB BsonDocument into a string?

(I'm using the official C# driver)

Solution 1

You can convert BsonDocument into a JSON formatted string using MongoDB.Bson.BsonExtensionMethods.ToJson.

Solution 2

Code used shown below:

string rc = responseDoc.ToJson<MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument>();

Comments

[Blake Niemyjski]

You need to call the extension method with options to generate valid json: ToJson(new JsonWriterSettings { OutputMode = JsonOutputMode.Strict })

[kbpontius]

I realize @BlakeNiemyjski wrote this a little while ago, but could someone elaborate on where the BsonDocument that you're going to convert would go in Blake's example?

[Blake Niemyjski]

What do you mean by go? You'd get the BsonDocument from the .Net Mongo Driver.