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MONGOC_DATABASE_COMMAND(3) libmongoc MONGOC_DATABASE_COMMAND(3)

WARNING:

Deprecated since version 1.29.0: This function is deprecated and should not be used in new code. Use mongoc_database_command_simple() instead.



SYNOPSIS

mongoc_cursor_t *
mongoc_database_command (mongoc_database_t *database,


                         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);


DESCRIPTION

This function creates a cursor which will execute the command when mongoc_cursor_next() is called on it. The database'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.

This function is not considered a retryable read operation.

PARAMETERS

  • database: A mongoc_database_t.
  • flags: Unused.
  • skip: Unused.
  • limit: Unused.
  • batch_size: Unused.
  • command: A bson_t containing the command.
  • fields: Unused.
  • read_prefs: An optional mongoc_read_prefs_t. Otherwise, the command uses mode MONGOC_READ_PRIMARY.

MIGRATING

mongoc_database_command() is deprecated.

The following example uses mongoc_database_command():

Before

const bson_t *reply;
bson_t *cmd = BCON_NEW ("find", "foo", "filter", "{", "}");
mongoc_cursor_t *cursor = mongoc_database_command (db,


                                                   MONGOC_QUERY_NONE /* unused */,


                                                   0 /* unused */,


                                                   0 /* unused */,


                                                   0 /* unused */,


                                                   cmd,


                                                   NULL /* unused */,


                                                   NULL /* read prefs */);
// Expect cursor to return exactly one document for the command reply.
EXPECT (mongoc_cursor_next (cursor, &reply));
bson_error_t error;
if (mongoc_cursor_error (cursor, &error)) {


   FAIL ("Expected no error, got: %s\n", error.message);
}
// Expect successful reply to contain "ok": 1
bson_iter_t iter;
EXPECT (bson_iter_init_find (&iter, reply, "ok") && bson_iter_as_int64 (&iter) == 1);
// Expect cursor to return no other documents.
EXPECT (!mongoc_cursor_next (cursor, &reply));
mongoc_cursor_destroy (cursor);
bson_destroy (cmd);


The above code block may be rewritten to use mongoc_database_command_simple() instead, as shown below:

After

bson_t reply;
bson_error_t error;
bson_t *cmd = BCON_NEW ("find", "foo", "filter", "{", "}");
if (!mongoc_database_command_simple (db, cmd, NULL /* read prefs */, &reply, &error)) {


   FAIL ("Expected no error, got: %s\n", error.message);
}
// Expect successful reply to contain "ok": 1
bson_iter_t iter;
EXPECT (bson_iter_init_find (&iter, &reply, "ok") && bson_iter_as_int64 (&iter) == 1);
bson_destroy (&reply);
bson_destroy (cmd);


RETURNS

This function returns a newly allocated mongoc_cursor_t that should be freed with mongoc_cursor_destroy() when no longer in use. The returned mongoc_cursor_t is never NULL, even on error. The user must call mongoc_cursor_next() on the returned mongoc_cursor_t to execute the initial command.

Cursor errors can be checked with mongoc_cursor_error_document(). It always fills out the bson_error_t if an error occurred, and optionally includes a server reply document if the error occurred server-side.

WARNING:

Failure to handle the result of this function is a programming error.


AUTHOR

MongoDB, Inc

COPYRIGHT

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.

May 7, 2025 1.30.4