bson_append_value (3) Linux Manual Page

NAME

bson_append_value() – Appends a new field to bson by determining the boxed type in value. This is useful if you want to copy fields between documents but do not know the field type until runtime.

SYNOPSIS

bool bson_append_value(bson_t *bson,
                       const char *key,
                       int key_length,
                       const bson_value_t *value);

PARAMETERS

bson

A bson_t \&.

key

An ASCII C string containing the name of the field.

key_length

The length of key in bytes, or -1 to determine the length with strlen(3) \&.

value

A bson_value_t \&.

DESCRIPTION

Appends a new field to bson by determining the boxed type in value \&. This is useful if you want to copy fields between documents but do not know the field type until runtime.

RETURNS

true if the operation was applied successfully, otherwise false and bson should be discarded.

COLOPHON

This page is part of libbson. Please report any bugs at https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER.

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