mongoc_collection_stats - Man Page

Warning:

Deprecated since version 1.10.0: Use the $collStats aggregation pipeline stage <https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/operator/aggregation/collStats/> with mongoc_collection_aggregate() <> instead.

Synopsis

bool
mongoc_collection_stats (mongoc_collection_t *collection,
                         const bson_t *options,
                         bson_t *reply,
                         bson_error_t *error);

Parameters

Description

Run the collStats command to retrieve statistics about the collection.

The command uses the mongoc_read_prefs_t <> set on collection.

Errors

Errors are propagated via the error parameter.

Returns

Returns true if successful. Returns false and sets error if there are invalid arguments or a server or network error.

reply is always initialized and must be freed with bson_destroy() <https://www.mongoc.org/libbson/current/bson_destroy.html>.

Author

MongoDB, Inc

Info

Jan 27, 2026 1.30.6 libmongoc