# MongoDBDatabaseResource

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.MongoDB](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.mongodb.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `handle`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

A resource that represents a MongoDB database. This is a child resource of a {@ats-ref type:MongoDBServerResource}.

## Definition

```typescript
interface MongoDBDatabaseResource
  extends IExpressionValue,
    IManifestExpressionProvider,
    IResource,
    IResourceWithConnectionString,
    IResourceWithParent,
    MongoDBServerResource]],
    IValueProvider,
    IValueWithReferences {
  readonly connectionStringExpression: ReferenceExpression;
  readonly databaseName: string;
  readonly parent: MongoDBServerResource;
  readonly uriExpression: ReferenceExpression;
}
```

## Properties

- `connectionStringExpression`: `ReferenceExpression` `get` -- Gets the connection string expression for the MongoDB database.
- `databaseName`: `string` `get` -- Gets the database name.
- `parent`: [MongoDBServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.mongodb/mongodbserverresource.md) `get` -- Gets the parent MongoDB container resource.
- `uriExpression`: `ReferenceExpression` `get` -- Gets the connection URI expression for the MongoDB database.