Set the Json Serializer options in the startup.cs class while adding the couchbase dependencies

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Hi,
Im trying to set up Json Serializer settings in the startup.cs class for couchbase. I have no idea on how this is actually done, current code looks something like this,

private static void AddCouchbaseDependencies(IServiceCollection services, OutboundConfiguration outboundConfiguration)
        {

            var couchbaseConfiguration = outboundConfiguration.Couchbase.FirstOrDefault(x => x.UniqueIdentifier == "TestCouchbase");
            var testCouchbaseConfig = new testCouchbaseConfig(couchbaseConfiguration );
            services.AddSingleton(testCouchbaseConfig );
            services.AddCouchbase(client =>
            {
                client.Servers = testCouchbaseConfig .GetServersAddress().ToList();
           }).AddCouchbaseBucket<ITestBucketProvider>(bucketName, password);
        }

this method inturn is called from configureServices method in the startup.cs

2

Is this using Couchbase SDK 2.x or 3.x? The approach is slightly different.

3

this is using couchbase client 2.7.17 and couchbase dependency injection 2.0.2

4

In that case:

services.AddCouchbase(client =>
{
    client.Serializer = typeof(YourCustomSerializer).FullName;
    client.Servers = testCouchbaseConfig .GetServersAddress().ToList();
})

You would probably inherit your custom serializer from DefaultSerializer, assuming you still intend to use Newtonsoft.Json and just want to tweak configuration.

5

HI @btburnett3,
I have created my own custom serializer and implemented as you suggested. the only thing i need to change is rather than using
client.Serializer = typeof(YourCustomSerializer).FullName;

client.Serializer = typeof(YourCustomSerializer).AssemblyQualifiedName;

worked for me

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@abhijith_r

Great, glad to hear it!

7

Hi, this is the first thing that comes up when searching for serializer setup with couchbase DI, could you post the approach for 3.x here too? Thanks!

8

@BRDSLY

Sure, the pattern is actually a lot cleaner and simpler since you don’t need to inherit a custom serializer type to make it work. Here is an example using System.Text.Json as the serializer. For Newtonsoft, use the DefaultSerializer instead.

services.AddCouchbase(options =>
{
    Configuration.GetSection("Couchbase").Bind(options);

    var jsonOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions
    {
        PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase
    };

    options.WithSerializer(SystemTextJsonSerializer.Create(jsonOptions));
})
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