mongoc_client_get_database()

Synopsis

mongoc_database_t *
mongoc_client_get_database (mongoc_client_t *client,
                            const char *name) BSON_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;

Get a newly allocated mongoc_database_t for the database named name.

Tip

Databases are automatically created on the MongoDB server upon insertion of the first document into a collection. There is no need to create a database manually.

Parameters

Returns

A newly allocated mongoc_database_t that should be freed with mongoc_database_destroy() when no longer in use.