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MONGOC_CLIENT_COMMAND(3) MongoDB C Driver MONGOC_CLIENT_COMMAND(3)

mongoc_client_command - mongoc_client_command()

mongoc_cursor_t *
mongoc_client_command (mongoc_client_t *client,

const char *db_name,
mongoc_query_flags_t flags,
uint32_t skip,
uint32_t limit,
uint32_t batch_size,
const bson_t *query,
const bson_t *fields,
const mongoc_read_prefs_t *read_prefs);


This function is superseded by mongoc_client_command_with_opts(), mongoc_client_read_command_with_opts(), mongoc_client_write_command_with_opts(), and mongoc_client_read_write_command_with_opts().

This function creates a cursor which will execute the command when mongoc_cursor_next is called on it. The client's read preference, read concern, and write concern are not applied to the command, and mongoc_cursor_next will not check the server response for a write concern error or write concern timeout.

If mongoc_cursor_next() returns false, then retrieve error details with mongoc_cursor_error() or mongoc_cursor_error_document().

  • client: A mongoc_client_t.
  • db_name: The name of the database to run the command on.
  • flags: Unused.
  • skip: Unused.
  • limit: Unused.
  • batch_size: Unused.
  • query: A bson_t containing the command specification.
  • fields: Unused.
  • read_prefs: An optional mongoc_read_prefs_t. Otherwise, the command uses mode MONGOC_READ_PRIMARY.

A mongoc_cursor_t.

The cursor should be freed with mongoc_cursor_destroy().

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February 23, 2019 1.14.0