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Class ServiceCollectionExtensions (5.1.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [5.1.0 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/latest/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [5.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/5.0.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [4.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/4.6.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [4.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/4.5.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [4.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/4.4.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [4.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/4.3.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [4.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/4.2.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [4.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/4.1.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [4.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/4.0.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [3.15.1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/3.15.1/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [3.14.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/3.14.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [3.13.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/3.13.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [3.12.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/3.12.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [3.11.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/3.11.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [3.10.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/3.10.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [3.9.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/3.9.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [3.8.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/3.8.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [3.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/3.7.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [3.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/3.6.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions)\n- [3.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/3.5.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionExtensions) \n\n public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data class ServiceCollectionExtensions.\n\nProvides extension methods to configure dependency injection with Spanner. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e ServiceCollectionExtensions \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.MemberwiseClone()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.memberwiseclone) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/latest/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.Spanner.Data.dll\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### AddSpannerConnection(IServiceCollection, string)\n\n public static IServiceCollection AddSpannerConnection(this IServiceCollection services, string connectionStringName)\n\nAdds a transient service providing a [SpannerConnection](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data/latest/Google.Cloud.Spanner.Data.SpannerConnection) using the ConnectionStrings\nsection of the configuration. If the container providers a [ChannelCredentials](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Grpc.Core/latest/Grpc.Core.ChannelCredentials.html) or\n[GoogleCredential](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Apis/latest/Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2.GoogleCredential.html), this will be used for the connection (with [ChannelCredentials](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Grpc.Core/latest/Grpc.Core.ChannelCredentials.html) taking precedence)."]]
