C# and .NET

bit.io can be used from any .NET program via the Npgsql package.

You'll run these commands from the command prompt.

Open the command prompt in your app's folder (the folder where Program.cs and the .csproj live).

In that directory, run:

dotnet add package Npgsql

To connect to bit.io, your code should look like this:

using System;
using Npgsql;
using System.Data;

namespace bitdotio_example
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var bitHost = "db.bit.io";

            var bitUser = "<your username>";
            var bitDbName = "<your database name>";
            var bitApiKey = "<your API key here>";

            var cs = $"Host={bitHost};Username={bitUser};Password={bitApiKey};Database={bitDbName}";

            using var con = new NpgsqlConnection(cs);
            con.Open();
            // run your SQL using standard ADO commands
            con.Close();
        }
    }
}

For example, here's how you would get the schema details and all the rows of data in a table:

using System;
using Npgsql;
using System.Data;

namespace bitdotio_example
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var bitHost = "db.bit.io";
            var bitApiKey = "<bit.io key>"; // from the "Password" field of the "Connect" menu

            // For this example, look at the public 2020 census reapportionment data
            var bitUser = "<bit.io username>";
            var bitDbName = "dliden/2020_Census_Reapportionment";

            var cs = $"Host={bitHost};Username={bitUser};Password={bitApiKey};Database={bitDbName}";

            using var con = new NpgsqlConnection(cs);
            con.Open();

            var sql = "SELECT * FROM \"dliden/2020_Census_Reapportionment\".\"Historical Apportionment\" limit 10;";

            using var cmd = new NpgsqlCommand(sql, con);

            using NpgsqlDataReader reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
            DataTable schemaTable = reader.GetSchemaTable();

            // Show schema details
            foreach (DataRow row in schemaTable.Rows)
            {
                foreach (DataColumn column in schemaTable.Columns)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0} = {1}",
                    column.ColumnName, row[column]));
                }
            }

            // Show all data
            while (reader.Read()) 
            {
                for (int colNum = 0; colNum < reader.FieldCount; colNum++) 
                {
                    Console.Write(reader.GetName(colNum) + "=" +  reader[colNum] + " ");
                }
                Console.Write("\n");
            }
        }
    }
}

You can see this example on github.