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MONGOC_CLIENT_GET_GRIDFS(3) libmongoc MONGOC_CLIENT_GET_GRIDFS(3)

NAME

mongoc_client_get_gridfs - mongoc_client_get_gridfs()

SYNOPSIS

mongoc_gridfs_t *
mongoc_client_get_gridfs (mongoc_client_t *client,

const char *db,
const char *prefix,
bson_error_t *error) BSON_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;


The mongoc_client_get_gridfs() function shall create a new mongoc_gridfs_t. The db parameter is the name of the database which the gridfs instance should exist in. The prefix parameter corresponds to the gridfs collection namespacing; its default is "fs", thus the default GridFS collection names are "fs.files" and "fs.chunks".

PARAMETERS

  • client: A mongoc_client_t.
  • db: The database name.
  • prefix: Optional prefix for gridfs collection names or NULL.
  • error: An optional location for a bson_error_t or NULL.

ERRORS

Errors are propagated via the error parameter.

RETURNS

On success, returns a mongoc_gridfs_t you must free with mongoc_gridfs_destroy(). Returns NULL upon failure and sets error.

AUTHOR

MongoDB, Inc

COPYRIGHT

2017-present, MongoDB, Inc

October 20, 2022 1.23.1