MONGOC_SOCKET_NEW(3)

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version 2.5.6 · 16 versions
, in epel 10

✨ MONGOC_SOCKET_NEW(3) ✨

okay so bestie, this is a page from the libmongoc manual (that's the MongoDB C driver, iykyk) and it's literally about making a socket. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mongoc_socket_t *
mongoc_socket_new (int domain,
                   int type,
                   int protocol);

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

  • domain — an int holding the address family, like AF_INET. it's giving "where are we even talking from" 💅
  • type — an int holding the socket type, like SOCK_STREAM. this is the vibe of the socket fr.
  • protocol — a protocol subset, typically 0. yeah bestie just pass 0, it's the main character default.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It creates a new mongoc_socket_t structure ✨. Underneath, it calls socket() to actually create a network socket — so this is a little wrapper doing the absolute most for you, and we love her for it 💖

🔥 RETURNS 🔥

You get a new socket if everything slayed 🎉 — otherwise it returns NULL and errno gets set (so like, go check your errno, bestie, it's telling you what went wrong 😭).

important: the result should be freed with mongoc_socket_destroy() when it's no longer in use. don't just abandon her, that's not the move 💀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

MongoDB, Inc — periodt.

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc. — like, they've been at this a minute ngl.

and that's the whole page, no cap ✨

signing off from libmongoc version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 — catch you on the next manpage bestie 🎀💜

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