Database

Create a database with No Code. You automatically will get access to the data in your collection over fully managed and secure https endpoints

The Database module home — collections, schemas, and data tools for your project.

Norbix Database service provides many operations for database management like CRUD operations, schema builder, and data validation.

When you enable a database service in your Norbix dashboard page we create a new MongoDb database for you. When that is done you are able to create collections using our provided tools in the dashboard. After you create a collection you can start adding records through the dashboard or calling to API endpoints.

Features included in database service:

1. Collections - just like any database collection.

2. Taxonomies - special kind of collections used mostly for basic select type data.

3. Imports - importing records to collections.

4. Exports - exporting records from collections.

5. Backups - dumping and restoring collections.

Using SDK

If you decide to use one of our provided SDK, the following code shows how to initialize database service.

.NET

var projectId = Guid.Parse("{YOUR_PROJECT_ID}");
var apiKey = "{YOUR_SECRET_KEY}";

var client = new NorbixClient(apiKey, projectId);
var service = new NorbixRepository<Person>(client);

Here Person is a class which extends the interface IEntity. The example below shows a class extendingEntityclass which extendsIEntityinterface. The attributeCollectionNameis a helper for a client. It takes one parameter - the name of your collection in Norbix.

[Collection("persons")]
public class Person : Entity
{
    [Field("name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Here UniqueName is an attribute that is used to set the unique name of a field (the name that is used inside a database). This name can be found in your collection, field details. If this attribute is not used, then your field will be serialized and deserialized as a lowercase property name.

Node

import { db } from '@norbix.ai/ts';

PHP

$secretKey = '{YOUR_SECRET_KEY}';
$projectId = '{YOUR_PROJECT_ID}';

$client = new NorbixClient($secretKey, $projectId);
$norbixDb = new NorbixDb($client);

The following are examples of database SDK using different languages and frameworks.

.NET

using System;
using Norbix.Client;
using Norbix.Repository;
using MongoDB.Driver;

namespace ConsoleApplication
{
    [CollectionName("persons")]
    public class Person : Entity
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
    }

    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // 1. Get your Project ID and Secret Key
            var projectId = Guid.Parse("{YOUR_PROJECT_ID}");
            var apiKey = "{YOUR_SECRET_KEY}";
            
            // 2. Create a general client for API calls
            var client = new NorbixClient(apiKey, projectId);
            
            // 3. Create a service object
            var dbService = new NorbixRepository<Person>(client);
            
            // 4. Call an API method
            var filter = Builders<Person>.Filter.Eq(x => x.Name, "John");
            var result = dbService.Find(filter);
        }
    }
}

Node

export async function getHolidaysOfEmployee(userId) {
    
    const filter = JSON.stringify({
        application_user: userId,
        status: 'Approved',
    });
    
    // gets first 100 records - all approved holidays sorted out by start date 
    const response = 
        await db.getRecords('holidays', 0, 100, { start: -1 }, filter);
    
    return response;
}

PHP

use Norbix\NorbixClient;
use Norbix\NorbixDb;

class NorbixService
{
    protected NorbixDb $norbixDb;
    protected string $collectionName = '{YOUR_COLLECTION_NAME}';

    public function __construct()
    {
        $secretKey = '{YOUR_SECRET_KEY}';
        $projectId = '{YOUR_PROJECT_ID}';

        $client = new NorbixClient($secretKey, $projectId);
        $this->norbixDb = new NorbixDb($client);
    }

    public function getEmployees()
    {
        $responseData = $this->norbixDb->findMany([
        	'collectionName' => 'employees',
        	'filter' => [
        		'address' => 'New York',
        	],
        ]);
    }
}

Working with Database Service

The following links explore the usage of database service:

CollectionsTaxonomiesImportsExportsBackups

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Use it from code

Everything you can do on this screen is also available programmatically — same module, same permissions, same audit trail.

Channel	Where to go
SDKs	JavaScript / TypeScript · Python · .NET · Go · Dart / Flutter · Swift · Kotlin · React / Redux
REST API	Collections API · Taxonomies API
AI / MCP	Work with this module from Claude, Cursor, or any AI tool — see MCP Server