BSON_GET_DATA(3)

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version 2.5.6 · 16 versions
, in epel 10

💅 bson_get_data — the libbson manual, bestie edition ✨

Okay so real talk, this is BSON_GET_DATA(3) from the libbson manual and it's literally the simplest little icon in the whole library. Let's get into it 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

const uint8_t *
bson_get_data (const bson_t *bson);

That's it. That's the whole function signature. Look at her go 🎀

🦋 PARAMETERS 🦋

  • bson — a bson_t. That's the whole param list, no cap. Just hand her a document and she's good 💖

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The bson_get_data() function shall return the raw buffer of a bson document. Like, the actual bytes. The unfiltered, unprocessed, straight-off-the-shelf bytes 🔥

And the way that this is useful: you can pair it up with the len property of a bson_t if you want to copy the raw buffer around. So bson_get_data() tells you where the bytes start, len tells you how many there are, and together they're giving copy-the-whole-thing energy ✨ iykyk

💀 RETURNS 💀

A buffer which should not be modified or freed.

Fr fr bestie, do NOT touch it and do NOT free it 🙈 It's not yours, it's hers. Just look at it respectfully and move on. Modifying or freeing it is not the vibe, okay? 😭

👑 AUTHOR 👑

MongoDB, Inc — the main characters behind all of this 🫶

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.

And that's the whole page, bestie — go forth and read those raw bytes responsibly 🦋✨ This has been libbson version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026, signing off with a lil 💅 and a reminder that you ate that 🍓

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