Check if mongodb database exists?

Question

Is there a possibility to check if a mongo database allready exists?

Answer 1

using MongoDb c# Driver 2.4

    private bool DatabaseExists(string database)
    {
       // _client is IMongoClient
        var dbList = _client.ListDatabases().ToList().Select(db => db.GetValue("name").AsString);
        return dbList.Contains(database);
    }

usage:

        if (!DatabaseExists("FooDb")
        {
            // create and seed db

        }