BSON_MD5_APPEND(3)

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version 1.23.1 · 2 versions
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💅 bson_md5_append — bestie's guide to the libbson manual

okay so this is a page from the libbson manual, and the star of the show is bson_md5_append(3). come sit with me, we're gonna go through it together 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

bson_md5_append — literally just bson_md5_append(). the name is the name, no notes 💀

💀 DEPRECATED 💀

bestie. listen. all MD5 APIs are deprecated in libbson. every single one. not some. all. this is not a drill 😭

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void
bson_md5_append (bson_md5_t *pms,
                 const uint8_t *data,
                 uint32_t nbytes) BSON_GNUC_DEPRECATED;

see that BSON_GNUC_DEPRECATED at the end? yeah. the compiler is gonna side-eye you about it. iconic of it, honestly 👑

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

  • pms — a bson_md5_t. it's the md5 situation you're feeding, and you're feeding it more 🍓
  • data — the memory region you're handing over to the md5 algorithm. yes, a whole region. it's giving snack time.
  • nbytes — how long data is, in bytes. count them. accurately. no vibes-based measuring here 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what does it actually do? it feeds more data into the MD5 algorithm. that's it. that's the whole job. incremental md5, one chunk at a time, no cap 🧚

but — and i need you to hear me on this — this function is deprecated and should not be used in new code. like, at all. not in new code, not in a side project, not "just this once". it's a no from the libbson girlies 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

MongoDB, Inc. the literal main characters.

2017-present, MongoDB, Inc

so that's the whole page, bestie — every flag, every param, every warning, all of it, nothing skipped, periodt 💖

this was pulled from libbson 1.23.1, dated Apr 27, 2026 (the BSON_MD5_APPEND(3) of it all). stay deprecated, stay safe, and don't use MD5 in new code fr fr 🎀✨🦋

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