SYNOPSIS

          mongoc_database_t *
          mongoc_client_get_default_database (mongoc_client_t *client)
             BSON_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;

       Get the database named in the MongoDB connection URI, or NULL if the URI specifies none.

       Useful when you want to choose which database to use based only on the URI in a configuration file.

PARAMETERS

       • client: A mongoc_client_t.

RETURNS

       A newly allocated mongoc_database_t that should be freed with mongoc_database_destroy().

EXAMPLE

       Default Database Example

          /* default database is "db_name" */
          mongoc_client_t *client = mongoc_client_new ("mongodb://host/db_name");
          mongoc_database_t *db = mongoc_client_get_default_database (client);

          assert (!strcmp ("db_name", mongoc_database_get_name (db)));

          mongoc_database_destroy (db);
          mongoc_client_destroy (client);

          /* no default database */
          client = mongoc_client_new ("mongodb://host/");
          db = mongoc_client_get_default_database (client);

          assert (!db);

          mongoc_client_destroy (client);

AUTHOR

       MongoDB, Inc

COPYRIGHT

       2017-present, MongoDB, Inc

1.26.0                                            Mar 31, 2024             MONGOC_CLIENT_GET_DEFAULT_DATABASE(3)