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NAME

       mongoc_collection_aggregate - mongoc_collection_aggregate()

SYNOPSIS

          mongoc_cursor_t *
          mongoc_collection_aggregate (mongoc_collection_t *collection,
                                       mongoc_query_flags_t flags,
                                       const bson_t *pipeline,
                                       const bson_t *opts,
                                       const mongoc_read_prefs_t *read_prefs)
             BSON_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;

PARAMETERS

collection: A mongoc_collection_t.

       • flags:  A  mongoc_query_flags_t.  Not  all  flag  values  apply.  In particular, setting
         MONGOC_QUERY_EXHAUST results in an error.

       • pipeline: A bson_t, either a BSON array or a BSON document  containing  an  array  field
         named "pipeline".

       • opts: A bson_t containing options for the command, or NULL.

       • read_prefs: A mongoc_read_prefs_t or NULL.

       opts may be NULL or a BSON document with additional command options:

       • readConcern: Construct a mongoc_read_concern_t and use mongoc_read_concern_append to add
         the read concern to opts. See the example code for mongoc_client_read_command_with_opts.
         Read concern requires MongoDB 3.2 or later, otherwise an error is returned.

       • writeConcern:  Construct a mongoc_write_concern_t and use mongoc_write_concern_append to
         add    the    write    concern    to    opts.    See    the     example     code     for
         mongoc_client_write_command_with_opts.

       • sessionId:  First, construct a mongoc_client_session_t with mongoc_client_start_session.
         You can begin a  transaction  with  mongoc_client_session_start_transaction,  optionally
         with  a  mongoc_transaction_opt_t  that overrides the options inherited from collection,
         and use mongoc_client_session_append to add the session to opts. See  the  example  code
         for mongoc_client_session_t.

       • bypassDocumentValidation:  Set  to  true  to  skip  server-side schema validation of the
         provided BSON documents.

       • collation: Configure textual comparisons. See Setting Collation Order, and  the  MongoDB
         Manual  entry  on Collation. Collation requires MongoDB 3.2 or later, otherwise an error
         is returned.

       • serverId: To target a specific server, include an int32 "serverId" field. Obtain the  id
         by  calling mongoc_client_select_server, then mongoc_server_description_id on its return
         value.

       • batchSize: An int32 representing number of documents requested to be  returned  on  each
         call to mongoc_cursor_nextlet:  A  BSON  document  consisting  of  any number of parameter names, each followed by
         definitions of constants in the MQL Aggregate Expression language

       For a list of all options, see the MongoDB Manual entry on the aggregate command.

       This function is considered a retryable read operation  unless  the  pipeline  contains  a
       write  stage  like $out or $merge.  Upon a transient error (a network error, errors due to
       replica set failover, etc.) the operation is safely retried once.  If retryreads is  false
       in the URI (see mongoc_uri_t) the retry behavior does not apply.

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  creates  a  cursor  which  sends  the  aggregate command on the underlying
       collection upon the first call to mongoc_cursor_next(). For more information  on  building
       aggregation pipelines, see the MongoDB Manual entry on the aggregate command.

       Read  preferences,  read  and  write  concern,  and collation can be overridden by various
       sources. The highest-priority sources for these options are listed first in the  following
       table.  In  a  transaction,  read concern and write concern are prohibited in opts and the
       read preference must be primary or NULL. Write concern is applied from opts,  or  if  opts
       has  no  write  concern and the aggregation pipeline includes "$out", the write concern is
       applied from collection. The write concern is omitted for MongoDB before 3.4.

                     ┌─────────────────┬──────────────┬───────────────┬───────────┐
                     │Read Preferences │ Read Concern │ Write Concern │ Collation │
                     ├─────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────┼───────────┤
                     │read_prefsoptsoptsopts      │
                     ├─────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────┼───────────┤
                     │Transaction      │ Transaction  │ Transaction   │           │
                     ├─────────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────┼───────────┤
                     │collectioncollectioncollection    │           │
                     └─────────────────┴──────────────┴───────────────┴───────────┘

       See the example for transactions and for the "distinct" command with opts.

RETURNS

       This function returns  a  newly  allocated  mongoc_cursor_t  that  should  be  freed  with
       mongoc_cursor_destroy() when no longer in use. The returned mongoc_cursor_t is never NULL,
       even on error. The user must call mongoc_cursor_next() on the returned mongoc_cursor_t  to
       execute the initial command.

       Cursor  errors  can  be checked with mongoc_cursor_error_document. It always fills out the
       bson_error_t if an error occurred, and optionally includes a server reply document if  the
       error occurred server-side.

       WARNING:
          Failure to handle the result of this function is a programming error.

EXAMPLE

          #include <bson/bson.h>
          #include <mongoc/mongoc.h>

          static mongoc_cursor_t *
          pipeline_query (mongoc_collection_t *collection)
          {
             mongoc_cursor_t *cursor;
             bson_t *pipeline;

             pipeline = BCON_NEW ("pipeline",
                                  "[",
                                  "{",
                                  "$match",
                                  "{",
                                  "foo",
                                  BCON_UTF8 ("A"),
                                  "}",
                                  "}",
                                  "{",
                                  "$match",
                                  "{",
                                  "bar",
                                  BCON_BOOL (false),
                                  "}",
                                  "}",
                                  "]");

             cursor = mongoc_collection_aggregate (
                collection, MONGOC_QUERY_NONE, pipeline, NULL, NULL);

             bson_destroy (pipeline);

             return cursor;
          }

OTHER PARAMETERS

       When  using  $out,  the  pipeline  stage  that  writes,  the  write_concern  field  of the
       mongoc_cursor_t will be set to the mongoc_write_concern_t parameter, if it is  valid,  and
       applied  to  the  write  command  when  mongoc_cursor_next()  is  called.  Pass  any other
       parameters to the aggregate command, besides pipeline, as fields in opts:

          mongoc_write_concern_t *write_concern = mongoc_write_concern_new ();
          mongoc_write_concern_set_w (write_concern, 3);

          pipeline =
             BCON_NEW ("pipeline", "[", "{", "$out", BCON_UTF8 ("collection2"), "}", "]");

          opts = BCON_NEW ("bypassDocumentValidation", BCON_BOOL (true));
          mongoc_write_concern_append (write_concern, opts);

          cursor = mongoc_collection_aggregate (
             collection1, MONGOC_QUERY_NONE, pipeline, opts, NULL);

AUTHOR

       MongoDB, Inc

COPYRIGHT

       2017-present, MongoDB, Inc