MONGOC_GRIDFS_CREATE_FILE(3)

💅 MONGOC_GRIDFS_CREATE_FILE 💅

ok so bestie, real talk — this is one of those pages from libmongoc, the MongoDB C driver docs, and it's honestly kinda tiny but it's so useful. it's the one that spins up a brand new mongoc_gridfs_file_t for you. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, here's the whole vibe in one code block:

mongoc_gridfs_file_t *
mongoc_gridfs_create_file (mongoc_gridfs_t *gridfs,
                           mongoc_gridfs_file_opt_t *opt);

that's it. two args, one return. she's simple, she's iconic, she ate 💅

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🫶 PARAMETERS 🫶

k so you gotta hand her two things:

• gridfs — a mongoc_gridfs_t. that's your GridFS handle, the whole reason she's here 💖
• opt — a mongoc_gridfs_file_opt_t that you use to specify file options. so like, the file's little personality settings, iykyk ✨

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

ok so the tea: this function shall create a new mongoc_gridfs_file_t. brand new, freshly allocated, main character energy 👑

but listen — creating her is only half the story. to actually put bytes in her, you use mongoc_gridfs_file_writev(). that's the one that writes to the file. no cap, don't forget that step 🧚

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💀 RETURNS 💀

she returns a newly allocated mongoc_gridfs_file_t — and bestie, this is the important part — that thing should be freed with mongoc_gridfs_file_destroy(). don't just leave her hanging, that's a leak and the leak is not cute 😭🙈

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

MongoDB, Inc

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.

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ok that's the whole page, you're officially educated 🎓💜 go forth and create files responsibly, mwah 💋

~ cute little sign-off ~ this was libmongoc version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 — see you in the next manpage, bestie 🦋⭐