MONGOC_GRIDFS_FILE_LIST_T(3)

💅 MONGOC_GRIDFS_FILE_LIST_T 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page from libmongoc — yes, the MongoDB C driver — and we're about to get very cozy with mongoc_gridfs_file_list_t. sit down, hydrate, and let's go ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

like, the literal vibe check first:

#include <mongoc/mongoc.h>

typedef struct _mongoc_gridfs_file_list_t mongoc_gridfs_file_list_t;

that's it. that's the whole declaration. iconic of her honestly 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so mongoc_gridfs_file_list_t is a gridfs file list abstraction — like a whole lil' container that holds a bunch of GridFS files for you 🫶

what she gives you:

• iteration — you can walk through the files one at a time
• basic marshalling — and it's built on top of a regular mongoc_collection_find_with_opts() style query

and in interface, she's styled after mongoc_cursor_t — so if you already know cursors, you're lowkey already fluent. iykyk 💅

🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

okay here's the actual code, no cap, copy it exactly:

mongoc_gridfs_file_list_t *list;
mongoc_gridfs_file_t *file;

list = mongoc_gridfs_find_with_opts (gridfs, query, NULL);

while ((file = mongoc_gridfs_file_list_next (list))) {
   do_something (file);

   mongoc_gridfs_file_destroy (file);
}

mongoc_gridfs_file_list_destroy (list);

the way this works is so clean honestly 😭 you make the list with mongoc_gridfs_find_with_opts(), then you loop with mongoc_gridfs_file_list_next() until it hands you a NULL and the loop dips out. and every single file you get back? you call mongoc_gridfs_file_destroy() on it, bestie, no skipping 🙈 and then when the whole thing's done you mongoc_gridfs_file_list_destroy() the list itself. main character cleanup energy 👑

👑 AUTHOR 👑

MongoDB, Inc — the actual authors, we stan 🫶

⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc. — yes, she's been around a minute and she's still serving 🌈

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this came from libmongoc, version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 — go forth and iterate responsibly, mwah 💋✨