MONGOC_CLIENT...ET_KEYMATERIAL(3)

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version 2.5.6 · 15 versions
, in epel 10

💅 MONGOC_CLIENT...ET_KEYMATERIAL(3) — the libmongoc glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, this one lives in the libmongoc manual, section 3 (the library-functions girlies 🎀). it's giving "short and sweet but important," so let's get into it 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void
mongoc_client_encryption_datakey_opts_set_keymaterial (
   mongoc_client_encryption_datakey_opts_t *opts,
   const uint8_t *data,
   uint32_t len);

literally what it says on the tin: this sets the custom key material that the data key is gonna use for encryption and decryption. that's the whole vibe 🔥

🦋 PARAMETERS 🦋

  • opts — a mongoc_client_encryption_datakey_opts_t. yes ma'am, that's the options struct, she's the main character here 👑
  • data — a pointer to the bytes that make up the custom key material 🧚
  • len — how long those bytes are, i.e. the length of the custom key material 🌸

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so like — key material is the thing that actually encrypts and decrypts your data. that's its job, that's its purpose, periodt 💅

now here's the tea: if you don't hand over custom key material, then the key material for your brand-new data key gets generated from a cryptographically secure random device. so it's not just vibes, it's actual crypto-grade randomness 😭✨ iconic of it honestly.

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

MongoDB, Inc — yes, the MongoDB girlies themselves wrote this 🍓

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc. — protecting the brand since '09, no cap 💀💖

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌈

this lil masterpiece is from libmongoc version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 — screenshot it, cite it, slay with it 🎀✨🦋

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