mongoc_client_get_database man page

mongoc_database_t *
mongoc_client_get_database (mongoc_client_t *client, const char *name);

Get a newly allocated mongoc_database_t for the database named name.

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Databases are automatically created on the MongoDB server upon insertion of the first document into a collection. There is no need to create a database manually.

A newly allocated mongoc_database_t that should be freed with mongoc_database_destroy() when no longer in use.

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