mongoc_database_get_collection_names()

Synopsis

char **
mongoc_database_get_collection_names (mongoc_database_t *database,
                                      bson_error_t      *error);

Fetches a NULL terminated array of NULL-byte terminated char* strings containing the names of all of the collections in database.

Parameters

database

A mongoc_database_t.

error

An optional location for a bson_error_t or NULL.

Errors

Errors are propagated via the error parameter.

Returns

A NULL terminated array of NULL terminated char* strings that should be freed with bson_strfreev(). Upon failure, NULL is returned and error is set.

Examples

{
   bson_error_t error;
   char **strv;
   unsigned i;

   if ((strv = mongoc_database_get_collection_names (database, &error))) {
      for (i = 0; strv [i]; i++)
         printf ("%s\n", strv [i]);
      bson_strfreev (strv);
   } else {
      fprintf (stderr, "Command failed: %s\n", error.message);
   }
}