MONGOC_GRIDFS_FIND_WITH_OPTS(3)

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version 2.5.6 · 16 versions
, in epel 10

💅 MONGOC_GRIDFS_FIND_WITH_OPTS 💅

okay bestie, real talk: this one is from the libmongoc manual and honestly? it's giving useful. it's a GridFS finder, it's a little icon, and it's gonna hand you back a whole list of files. slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

mongoc_gridfs_file_list_t *
mongoc_gridfs_find_with_opts (mongoc_gridfs_t *gridfs,
                              const bson_t *filter,
                              const bson_t *opts);

like, look at that signature. three args, one list, zero drama. 🎀

🌸 PARAMETERS 🌸

  • gridfs — a mongoc_gridfs_t. it's the GridFS instance you're poking at, iykyk.
  • filter — a bson_t containing the query to execute. basically "which files are we looking for, bestie?"
  • opts — a bson_t of query options, including sort order and which fields to return. and yes, this one can be NULL. no opts? no problem. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it do? it finds all the gridfs files matching filter. that's it, that's the vibe. and then — this is the fun part — you can iterate the matched gridfs files with the resulting file list. main character energy, honestly. 💅

for a description of the filter and opts parameters, go see mongoc_collection_find_with_opts(). it's the same energy, different function.

now, the important bit 🔥: this function is considered a retryable read operation. upon a transient error — a network error, errors due to replica set failover, etc. — the operation is safely retried once. one (1) retry, bestie. it's got your back.

⚠️ but lowkey listen: if retryreads is false in the URI (see mongoc_uri_t), the retry behavior does not apply. no retry for you. so check your URI before you come crying to me 😭

👑 RETURNS 👑

you get a newly allocated mongoc_gridfs_file_list_t. and because it's newly allocated, you gotta be a responsible queen and free it with mongoc_gridfs_file_list_destroy() when it's no longer in use. don't just leave it there — that's not the vibe. 🧚

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

MongoDB, Inc

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.

✨ ok that's the whole page, bestie — go find some files ✨

this has been libmongoc version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026. mwah 💖

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