BSON_ITER_DUP_UTF8(3)

💅 BSON_ITER_DUP_UTF8(3) 💅

okay so this is a libbson manual page, and we are literally about to make friends with bson_iter_dup_utf8(). stay with me bestie, it’s giving “tiny function, very useful” energy ✨

SYNOPSIS 🌸

char *
bson_iter_dup_utf8 (const bson_iter_t *iter, uint32_t *length);

PARAMETERS 🎀

• iter — a bson_iter_t. yep, that’s the iterator bestie.
• length — an optional location for the length of the UTF-8 encoded string. optional, so no pressure, but it’s there if you need it 💖

DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this function is similar to bson_iter_utf8() — like, same vibe — except that it calls bson_strndup() on the result. that’s the whole glow-up. no cap. 💅

RETURNS ✨

it returns a newly allocated string that should be freed with bson_free(). yes bestie, newly allocated means you gotta free it. don’t leave it hanging 😭🫶

AUTHOR 💜

MongoDB, Inc

COPYRIGHT 🌈

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.

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xoxo, your libbson bestie 💖 this was version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 — slay and read the docs responsibly 👑