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sidebar_label: C#
title: Connect with C# Connector
description: Connect to TDengine cloud service using C# connector
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## Create Project

```bash
dotnet new console -o example
```

## Add C# TDengine Driver class lib

```bash
cd example
dotnet add package TDengine.Connector
```

## Config

Run this command in your terminal to save TDengine cloud token as variables:

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```bash
export TDENGINE_CLOUD_DSN="<DSN>"
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```bash
set TDENGINE_CLOUD_DSN="<DSN>"
```

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```powershell
$env:TDENGINE_CLOUD_DSN="<DSN>"
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:::note
Replace  <DSN\> with real TDengine cloud DSN. To obtain the real value, please log in [TDengine Cloud](https://cloud.tdengine.com) and click "Connector" and then select "C#".

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## Connect


```C#
{{#include docs/examples/csharp/cloud-example/connect/Program.cs}}
```

The client connection is then established. For how to write data and query data, please refer to <https://docs.tdengine.com/cloud/data-in/insert-data/> and <https://docs.tdengine.com/cloud/data-out/query-data/>.