MONGOC_COLLECTION_ENSURE_INDEX(3)

💖 MONGOC_COLLECTION_ENSURE_INDEX 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page out of libmongoc (that's the MongoDB C driver, iykyk) and the function is mongoc_collection_ensure_index. it's giving ✨legacy✨, so buckle up.

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⚠️ WARNING ⚠️

Deprecated since version 1.8.0: no cap, this one is old. see Manage Collection Indexes for alternatives, because we are NOT using this anymore fr fr. 😭

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📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

bool
mongoc_collection_ensure_index (mongoc_collection_t *collection,
                                const bson_t *keys,
                                const mongoc_index_opt_t *opt,
                                bson_error_t *error);

it returns a bool, bestie. that's the whole vibe check. 🫶

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🌸 PARAMETERS 🌸

• collection — a mongoc_collection_t. the main character, obviously. 👑
• keys — a bson_t. the keys, babe.
• opt — a mongoc_index_opt_t. the options, the little accessories to the outfit. 💅
• error — an optional location for a bson_error_t, or NULL. like, you can pass NULL if you don't want to know. your call. 🙈

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💀 ERRORS 💀

errors are propagated via the error parameter. that's it, that's the whole tea. ☕✨

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🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

MongoDB, Inc — periodt. 💜

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc. all rights reserved and all that. 🧚

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and that's the page, bestie!! this was libmongoc version 1.30.13, dated Oct 09, 2026 — mwah, iconic, no notes. 💖🎀🦋