Example of using the 10gen MongoDB CSharp driver in powershell.

MongoTest.ps1

# We assume that the driver is installed via the MSI.
[string] $mongoDriverPath = (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v3.5\AssemblyFoldersEx\MongoDB CSharpDriver 0.11").'(default)';
[string] $connectionString = 'mongodb://localhost/atlantisSchemaEngine';

Add-Type -Path "$($mongoDriverPath)\MongoDB.Bson.dll";
Add-Type -Path "$($mongoDriverPath)\MongoDB.Driver.dll";

try {
    [MongoDB.Driver.MongoDatabase] $db = [MongoDB.Driver.MongoDatabase]::Create($connectionString);
    [MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument] $doc # = New-Object -TypeName MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument;
    $doc["_id"] = [MongoDB.Bson.ObjectId]::GenerateNewId();
    $doc["FirstName"] = "Justin";
    $doc["LastName"] = "Dearing";
    $doc["PhoneNumbers"] = New-Object -TypeName MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument;
    $doc["PhoneNumbers"].Add('Home', '718-641-2098');
    $doc["PhoneNumbers"].Add('Mobile', '646-288-5621');
    
    # Download Invoke-GenericMethod.ps1 from http://pastebin.com/dRqZd0AA modified version of script available here http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2007/06/19/invoking-generic-methods-on-non-generic-classes-in-powershell/    
    Invoke-GenericMethod $db["test"] Insert MongoDB.Bson.BsonDocument $doc;

} catch [Exception] {
    $_.Exception.ToString();
}

Thanks for posting this. How would you query with multiple values, like by First name and Home phone number?

This example no longer works, I have tested it on Powershell x86 and x64 bit, with the installation of # drive drive 1.9 last one with msi installed. In that case it does not find any registry settings.

With just trying to reference the same to the local dll files I get the message that it's dependencies are missing. for both the dlls. I have tested the same on Powershell 3.0 and 4.0 x32 and x64 bit. With driver versions 1.9, 1.10 and 2.0. Any suggestions.