Entity Framework Core - How to check if database exists?

Question

For EF6, I can check whether a database exists in the following way:

context.Database.Exists()

How can I do this in EF Core?

Answer 1

I have found the solution on my own:

(context.GetService<IDatabaseCreator>() as RelationalDatabaseCreator).Exists()

It works for EF 7.0.0-rc1-final version for SqlServer

UPDATE:

Entity Framework Core 2.0:

(context.Database.GetService<IDatabaseCreator>() as RelationalDatabaseCreator).Exists()

Answer 2

UPDATE .Net Core 3.1

To check if a database exists and can be contacted:

dbContext.Database.CanConnect()