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MONGOC_COLLECTION_COMMAND(3) MongoDB C Driver MONGOC_COLLECTION_COMMAND(3)

mongoc_collection_command - mongoc_collection_command()

mongoc_cursor_t *
mongoc_collection_command (mongoc_collection_t *collection,

mongoc_query_flags_t flags,
uint32_t skip,
uint32_t limit,
uint32_t batch_size,
const bson_t *command,
const bson_t *fields,
const mongoc_read_prefs_t *read_prefs)
BSON_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;


This function is superseded by mongoc_collection_command_with_opts(), mongoc_collection_read_command_with_opts(), mongoc_collection_write_command_with_opts(), and mongoc_collection_read_write_command_with_opts().

  • collection: A mongoc_collection_t.
  • flags: A mongoc_query_flags_t.
  • skip: A uint32_t with the number of documents to skip or zero.
  • limit: A uint32_t with the max number of documents to return or zero.
  • batch_size: A uint32_t with the number of documents in each batch or zero. Default is 100.
  • command: A bson_t containing the command to execute.
  • fields: A bson_t containing the fields to return or NULL. Not all commands support this option.
  • 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