mongoc_client_get_database()

Synopsis

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

Get a newly allocated mongoc_database_t for the database named name.

Database 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

client

A mongoc_client_t.

name

The name of the database.

Returns

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