mongoc_collection_find()

Deprecated

This function is deprecated and should not be used in new code.

Use the more convenient mongoc_collection_find_with_opts instead.

Synopsis

mongoc_cursor_t *
mongoc_collection_find (mongoc_collection_t       *collection,
                        mongoc_query_flags_t       flags,
                        uint32_t                   skip,
                        uint32_t                   limit,
                        uint32_t                   batch_size,
                        const bson_t              *query,
                        const bson_t              *fields,
                        const mongoc_read_prefs_t *read_prefs)
   BSON_GNUC_DEPRECATED_FOR (mongoc_collection_find_with_opts)
   BSON_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;

Parameters

collection	A mongoc_collection_t.
flags	A mongoc_query_flags_t.
skip	A uint32_t of number of documents to skip or 0.
limit	A uint32_t of max number of documents to return or 0.
batch_size	A uint32_t containing batch size of document result sets or 0 for default. Default is 100.
query	A bson_t containing the query and options to execute.
fields	A bson_t containing fields to return or NULL.
read_prefs	A mongoc_read_prefs_t or NULL for default read preferences.

Description

This function shall execute a query on the underlying collection.

If no options are necessary, query can simply contain a query such as {a:1}. If you would like to specify options such as a sort order, the query must be placed inside of {"$query": {}}. See the example below for how to properly specify additional options to query.

Returns

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

Example

Print All Documents in a Collection

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

static void
print_all_documents (mongoc_collection_t *collection)
{
   mongoc_cursor_t *cursor;
   bson_error_t error;
   const bson_t *doc;
   char *str;
   bson_t *query;

   query = BCON_NEW ("$query", "{", "foo", BCON_INT32 (1), "}",
                     "$orderby", "{", "bar", BCON_INT32 (-1), "}");
   cursor = mongoc_collection_find (collection, MONGOC_QUERY_NONE, 0, 0, 0, query, NULL, NULL);

   while (mongoc_cursor_next (cursor, &doc)) {
      str = bson_as_json (doc, NULL);
      printf ("%s\n", str);
      bson_free (str);
   }

   if (mongoc_cursor_error (cursor, &error)) {
      fprintf (stderr, "An error occurred: %s\n", error.message);
   }

   mongoc_cursor_destroy (cursor);
   bson_destroy (query);
}

The "find" command

Queries have historically been sent as OP_QUERY wire protocol messages, but beginning in MongoDB 3.2 queries use the "find" command instead.

The driver automatically converts queries to the new "find" command syntax if needed, so this change is typically invisible to C Driver users. However, an application written exclusively for MongoDB 3.2 and later can choose to use the new syntax directly instead of relying on the driver to convert from the old syntax:

/* MongoDB 3.2+ "find" command syntax */
query = BCON_NEW ("filter", "{", "foo", BCON_INT32 (1), "}",
                  "sort", "{", "bar", BCON_INT32 (-1), "}");
cursor = mongoc_collection_find (collection, MONGOC_QUERY_NONE, 0, 0, 0, query, NULL, NULL);

The "find" command takes different options from the traditional OP_QUERY message.

Option	OP_QUERY option	"find" command option
Query	$query	filter
Sort	$orderby	sort
Show record location	$showDiskLoc	showRecordId
Other $-options	$<option name>	<option name>

Most applications should use the OP_QUERY syntax, with "$query", "$orderby", and so on, and rely on the driver to convert to the new syntax if needed.

The "explain" command

With MongoDB before 3.2, a query with option $explain: true returns information about the query plan, instead of the query results. Beginning in MongoDB 3.2, there is a separate "explain" command. The driver will not convert "$explain" queries to "explain" commands, you must call the "explain" command explicitly:

/* MongoDB 3.2+, "explain" command syntax */
 command = BCON_NEW ("explain", "{",
                     "find", BCON_UTF8 ("collection_name"),
                     "filter", "{", "foo", BCON_INT32 (1), "}",
                     "}");
mongoc_collection_command_simple (collection, command, NULL, &reply, &error);