mongoc_client_watch()

Synopsis

mongoc_change_stream_t*
mongoc_client_watch (mongoc_client_t *client,
                     const bson_t *pipeline,
                     const bson_t *opts);

A helper function to create a change stream. It is preferred to call this function over using a raw aggregation to create a change stream.

This function uses the read preference and read concern of the client. If the change stream needs to re-establish connection, the same read preference will be used. This may happen if the change stream encounters a resumable error.

Warning

A change stream is only supported with majority read concern.

Parameters

  • db: A mongoc_client_t specifying the client which the change stream listens to.
  • pipeline: A bson_t representing an aggregation pipeline appended to the change stream. This may be an empty document.
  • opts: A bson_t containing change stream options.

opts may be NULL or a BSON document with additional command options:

  • batchSize: An int32 representing number of documents requested to be returned on each call to mongoc_change_stream_next()
  • resumeAfter: A Document representing the logical starting point of the change stream. The _id field of any change received from a change stream can be used here
  • startAtOperationTime: A Timestamp. The change stream only provides changes that occurred at or after the specified timestamp. Any command run against the server will return an operation time that can be used here.
  • maxAwaitTimeMS: An int64 representing the maximum amount of time a call to mongoc_change_stream_next() will block waiting for data
  • fullDocument: A UTF-8 string. Set this option to “updateLookup” to direct the change stream cursor to lookup the most current majority-committed version of the document associated to an update change stream event.

Returns

A newly allocated mongoc_change_stream_t which must be freed with mongoc_change_stream_destroy() when no longer in use. The returned mongoc_change_stream_t is never NULL. If there is an error, it can be retrieved with mongoc_change_stream_error_document(), and subsequent calls to mongoc_change_stream_next() will return false.