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MONGOC_GRIDFS_FIND_ONE(3) MongoDB C Driver MONGOC_GRIDFS_FIND_ONE(3)

mongoc_gridfs_find_one - mongoc_gridfs_find_one()

This function is deprecated, use mongoc_gridfs_find_one_with_opts instead.

mongoc_gridfs_file_t *
mongoc_gridfs_find_one (mongoc_gridfs_t *gridfs,

const bson_t *query,
bson_error_t *error)
BSON_GNUC_DEPRECATED_FOR (mongoc_gridfs_find_one_with_opts);


  • gridfs: A mongoc_gridfs_t.
  • query: A bson_t.
  • error: An optional location for a bson_error_t or NULL.

This function shall execute a query on the underlying gridfs implementation. The first file matching query will be returned. If there is an error, NULL is returned and error is filled out; if there is no error but no matching file is found, NULL is returned and the error code and domain are 0.

Errors are propagated via the error parameter.

A newly allocated mongoc_gridfs_file_t or NULL if no file could be found. You must free the resulting file with mongoc_gridfs_file_destroy() if non-NULL.

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February 23, 2019 1.14.0