mongoc_client_get_default_database()
Synopsis
mongoc_database_t * mongoc_client_get_default_database (mongoc_client_t *client);
Get the database named in the MongoDB connection URI, or NULL if the URI specifies none.
Useful when you want to choose which database to use based only on the URI in a configuration file.
Parameters
client |
Returns
A newly allocated mongoc_database_t that should be freed with mongoc_database_destroy().
Example
Default Database Example
/* default database is "db_name" */
mongoc_client_t *client = mongoc_client_new ("mongodb://host/db_name");
mongoc_database_t *db = mongoc_client_get_default_database (client);
assert (!strcmp ("db_name", mongoc_database_get_name (db)));
mongoc_database_destroy (db);
mongoc_client_destroy (client);
/* no default database */
client = mongoc_client_new ("mongodb://host/");
db = mongoc_client_get_default_database (client);
assert (!db);
mongoc_client_destroy (client);