mongoc_collection_count()

Synopsis

int64_t
mongoc_collection_count_with_opts (mongoc_collection_t       *collection,
                                   mongoc_query_flags_t       flags,
                                   const bson_t              *query,
                                   int64_t                    skip,
                                   int64_t                    limit,
                                   const bson_t              *opts,
                                   const mongoc_read_prefs_t *read_prefs,
                                   bson_error_t              *error);

Parameters

collection	A mongoc_collection_t.
flags	A mongoc_query_flags_t.
query	A bson_t containing the query.
skip	A int64_t, zero to ignore.
limit	A int64_t, zero to ignore.
opts	A bson_t, NULL to ignore.
read_prefs	A mongoc_read_prefs_t or NULL.
error	An optional location for a bson_error_t or NULL.

Description

This function shall execute a count query on the underlying 'collection'. The bson 'query' is not validated, simply passed along as appropriate to the server. As such, compatibility and errors should be validated in the appropriate server documentation.

In addition to the standard functionality available from mongoc_collection_count, this function allows the user to add arbitrary extra keys to the count. This pass through enables features such as hinting for counts.

For more information, see the query reference at the MongoDB website.

Errors

Errors are propagated via the error parameter.

Returns

-1 on failure, otherwise the number of documents counted.

Example

Count Example

#include <mongoc.h>
#include <bcon.h>
#include <stdio.h>

static void
print_query_count (mongoc_collection_t *collection,
                   bson_t              *query)
{
   bson_error_t error;
   int64_t count;
   bson_t opts;

   bson_init(&opts);
   BSON_APPEND_UTF8(&opts, "hint", "_id_");

   count = mongoc_collection_count (collection, MONGOC_QUERY_NONE, query, 0, 0, &opts, NULL, &error);

   bson_destroy(&opts);

   if (count < 0) {
      fprintf (stderr, "Count failed: %s\n", error.message);
   } else {
      printf ("%"PRId64" documents counted.\n", count);
   }
}