MONGOC_URI_GET_OPTION_AS_UTF8(3)

💅 MONGOC_URI_GET_OPTION_AS_UTF8 💅

okay so bestie, this is a page from libmongoc — the manual name is literally right there in the title, MONGOC_URI_GET_OPTION_AS_UTF8(3), section 3, and we're about to get into it. no cap, it's a lil function with big main character energy. 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, here's the whole vibe in code form, copy it exactly pls:

const char *
mongoc_uri_get_option_as_utf8 (const mongoc_uri_t *uri,
                               const char *option,
                               const char *fallback);

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• uri — a mongoc_uri_t. that's the whole thing. that's the URI. point it at one and slay. 👑
• option — the name of an option. and listen, it's case insensitive, so don't stress about your caps lock, she doesn't care fr.
• fallback — a default value to return. like a safety net. a little "if nobody's home, here's a friend" situation. 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so basically: this function returns the value of the URI option — if it's set and if it's the correct type (string, bestie, we're talking strings here 💅).

the way that this works is lowkey important tho, so pay attention: the value it gives you is a pointer into the URI's internal buffer, and it's only valid until the URI is modified or freed. 😭 like, it's not a copy, it's a window. the moment the URI changes or gets freed, that pointer is giving expired story energy.

and if the option is not set, or it's set to an invalid type? then it just returns fallback. no drama, no crash, just vibes and your default. 🙈

⚠️ real talk: don't go holding onto that returned pointer after the URI is modified or freed. that's undefined-behaviour-adjacent heartbreak and we don't do that here.

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

MongoDB, Inc — honestly iconic of them. 🌟

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⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc. — periodt, protected. 💀

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and that's the whole page bestie!! 🎀 this was libmongoc version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026, and the manual page is MONGOC_URI_GET_OPTION_AS_UTF8(3) — go forth and get those options as UTF-8, iykyk. 🧚💜