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MongoDB C Driver

A Cross Platform MongoDB Client Library for C

Installation

Building on Mac OS X

Building on Unix

Building on Windows

Installing on Mac OS X

Supported Platforms

Tutorial

1. Starting MongoDB

2. Making a Connection

3. Creating BSON Documents

4. Basic CRUD Operations

5. Executing Commands

Basic Operations

Counting Documents

Deleting a Document

Finding a Document

Inserting a Document

Updating a Document

Advanced Connections

Additional Connection Options

Connecting to a Replica Set

Connecting to a Sharded Cluster

Connecting to a UNIX Domain Socket

Connecting to an IPv6 Address

Authentication

Basic Authentication

GSSAPI (Kerberos) Authentication

SASL Plain Authentication

SSL Authentication

X.509 Certificate Authentication

Cursors

Destroying Server-Side Cursors

Handling Cursor Failures

Tailable Cursors

Bulk Operations

Bulk Operation Bypassing Document ValidationBulk Operation Write Concerns

Bulk Operation Bypassing Document ValidationBulk Operation Write Concerns

Further Reading

Mixed Bulk Write Operations

Ordered Bulk Write Operations

Unordered Bulk Write Operations

Aggregation Framework

Aggregation Framework Examples

Client Side Document Matching

Basic Document Matching (Deprecated)

Troubleshooting

Performance Counters

Submitting a Bug Report