DocumentDB Document Id

Question

I'm using DocumentDB on azure and I don't want the auto-generated GUID that it gives me for an id on the top layer...example:

{ "data": { "Name": "Brian", "Last": "Coolest", "gender": "m" }, "id": "7c572c3f-2ee1-43c9-bfb9-63b67542658d" }

how do i turn that id into:

 {
  "data": {
    "Name": "Brian",
    "Last": "Coolest",
    "gender": "m"
  },
  "id": "Brian"
}

on the creation of the document, is this possible? Thanks!

here is the method:

client.CreateDocumentAsync(
                    UriFactory.CreateDocumentCollectionUri(databaseName, collectionName), JsonSerializedDocument);

example of json structure:

{
  "data": {
    "id": "113118",
    "url": "/v1/rentalUnits/202020202",

Answer 1

Yes, if you add your own field named "id" populate the field before you save the document, then DocDb will use the id you specified. But, that means you have to control the uniqueness of the primary keys otherwise the next document that you save with "id":"Brian" will obviously overwrite the previous document.