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NAME
Bulk_Write_Operations - None
BULK INSERT
New in MongoDB C driver 0.94.2.
First we need to fetch a bulk operation handle from the mongoc_collection_t \&. This can be performed in
either ordered or unordered mode. Unordered mode allows for greater parallelization when working with
sharded clusters.
mongoc_bulk_operation_t *bulk = mongoc_collection_create_bulk_operation (collection, true, write_concern);
We can now start inserting documents to the bulk operation. These will be buffered until we execute the
operation.
The bulk operation will coalesce insertions as a single batch for each consecutive call to
mongoc_bulk_operation_insert(3) \&. This creates a pipelined effect when possible.
NOTE
The bulk operation API will automatically handle MongoDB servers < 2.6 by speaking the old wire
protocol. However, some performance degredation may occur.
To execute the bulk operation and receive the result we call mongoc_bulk_operation_execute(3) \&.
#include <assert.h>
#include <bcon.h>
#include <mongoc.h>
#include <stdio.h>
static void
bulk1 (mongoc_collection_t *collection)
{
mongoc_bulk_operation_t *bulk;
bson_error_t error;
bson_t *doc;
bson_t reply;
char *str;
bool ret;
int i;
bulk = mongoc_collection_create_bulk_operation (collection, true, NULL);
for (i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
doc = BCON_NEW ("i", BCON_INT32 (i));
mongoc_bulk_operation_insert (bulk, doc);
bson_destroy (doc);
}
ret = mongoc_bulk_operation_execute (bulk, &reply, &error);
str = bson_as_json (&reply, NULL);
printf ("%s\n", str);
bson_free (str);
if (!ret) {
fprintf (stderr, "Error: %s\n", error.message);
}
bson_destroy (&reply);
mongoc_bulk_operation_destroy (bulk);
}
int
main (int argc,
char *argv[])
{
mongoc_client_t *client;
mongoc_collection_t *collection;
mongoc_init ();
client = mongoc_client_new ("mongodb://localhost/");
collection = mongoc_client_get_collection (client, "test", "test");
bulk1 (collection);
mongoc_collection_destroy (collection);
mongoc_client_destroy (client);
mongoc_cleanup ();
return 0;
}
Example reply document:
{"nInserted" : 10000,
"nMatched" : 0,
"nModified" : 0,
"nRemoved" : 0,
"nUpserted" : 0,
"writeErrors" : []
"writeConcernErrors" : [] }
MIXED BULK WRITE OPERATIONS
New in MongoDB C driver 0.94.2
MongoDB C driver also supports executing mixed bulk write operations. A batch of insert, update, and
remove operations can be executed together using the bulk write operations API.
NOTE
Though the following API will work with all versions of MongoDB, it is designed to be used with
MongoDB versions >= 2.6. Much better bulk insert performance can be achieved with older versions
of MongoDB through the deprecated mongoc_collection_insert_bulk(3) method.
ORDERED BULK WRITE OPERATIONS
Ordered bulk write operations are batched and sent to the server in the order provided for serial
execution. The reply document describes the type and count of operations performed.
#include <assert.h>
#include <bcon.h>
#include <mongoc.h>
#include <stdio.h>
static void
bulk2 (mongoc_collection_t *collection)
{
mongoc_bulk_operation_t *bulk;
bson_error_t error;
bson_t *query;
bson_t *doc;
bson_t reply;
char *str;
bool ret;
int i;
bulk = mongoc_collection_create_bulk_operation (collection, true, NULL);
/* Remove everything */
query = bson_new ();
mongoc_bulk_operation_remove (bulk, query);
bson_destroy (query);
/* Add a few documents */
for (i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
doc = BCON_NEW ("_id", BCON_INT32 (i));
mongoc_bulk_operation_insert (bulk, doc);
bson_destroy (doc);
}
/* {_id: 1} => {$set: {foo: "bar"}} */
query = BCON_NEW ("_id", BCON_INT32 (1));
doc = BCON_NEW ("$set", "{", "foo", BCON_UTF8 ("bar"), "}");
mongoc_bulk_operation_update (bulk, query, doc, false);
bson_destroy (query);
bson_destroy (doc);
/* {_id: 4} => {'$inc': {'j': 1}} (upsert) */
query = BCON_NEW ("_id", BCON_INT32 (4));
doc = BCON_NEW ("$inc", "{", "j", BCON_INT32 (1), "}");
mongoc_bulk_operation_update (bulk, query, doc, true);
bson_destroy (query);
bson_destroy (doc);
/* replace {j:1} with {j:2} */
query = BCON_NEW ("j", BCON_INT32 (1));
doc = BCON_NEW ("j", BCON_INT32 (2));
mongoc_bulk_operation_replace_one (bulk, query, doc, false);
bson_destroy (query);
bson_destroy (doc);
ret = mongoc_bulk_operation_execute (bulk, &reply, &error);
str = bson_as_json (&reply, NULL);
printf ("%s\n", str);
bson_free (str);
if (!ret) {
printf ("Error: %s\n", error.message);
}
bson_destroy (&reply);
mongoc_bulk_operation_destroy (bulk);
}
int
main (int argc,
char *argv[])
{
mongoc_client_t *client;
mongoc_collection_t *collection;
mongoc_init ();
client = mongoc_client_new ("mongodb://localhost/");
collection = mongoc_client_get_collection (client, "test", "test");
bulk2 (collection);
mongoc_collection_destroy (collection);
mongoc_client_destroy (client);
mongoc_cleanup ();
return 0;
}
Example reply document:
{ "nInserted" : 3,
"nMatched" : 2,
"nModified" : 2,
"nRemoved" : 10000,
"nUpserted" : 1,
"upserted" : [{"index" : 5, "_id" : 4}],
"writeErrors" : []
"writeConcernErrors" : [] }
The index field in the upserted array is the 0‐based index of the upsert operation; in this example, the
sixth operation of the overall bulk operation was an upsert, so its index is 5.
nModified is only reported when using MongoDB 2.6 and later, otherwise the field is omitted.
UNORDERED BULK WRITE OPERATIONS
Unordered bulk write operations are batched and sent to the server in arbitrary order where they may be
executed in parallel. Any errors that occur are reported after all operations are attempted.
In the next example the first and third operations fail due to the unique constraint on _id \&. Since we
are doing unordered execution the second and fourth operations succeed.
#include <assert.h>
#include <bcon.h>
#include <mongoc.h>
#include <stdio.h>
static void
bulk3 (mongoc_collection_t *collection)
{
mongoc_bulk_operation_t *bulk;
bson_error_t error;
bson_t *query;
bson_t *doc;
bson_t reply;
char *str;
bool ret;
/* false indicates unordered */
bulk = mongoc_collection_create_bulk_operation (collection, false, NULL);
/* Add a document */
doc = BCON_NEW ("_id", BCON_INT32 (1));
mongoc_bulk_operation_insert (bulk, doc);
bson_destroy (doc);
/* remove {_id: 2} */
query = BCON_NEW ("_id", BCON_INT32 (2));
mongoc_bulk_operation_remove_one (bulk, query);
bson_destroy (query);
/* insert {_id: 3} */
doc = BCON_NEW ("_id", BCON_INT32 (3));
mongoc_bulk_operation_insert (bulk, doc);
bson_destroy (doc);
/* replace {_id:4} {'i': 1} */
query = BCON_NEW ("_id", BCON_INT32 (4));
doc = BCON_NEW ("i", BCON_INT32 (1));
mongoc_bulk_operation_replace_one (bulk, query, doc, false);
bson_destroy (query);
bson_destroy (doc);
ret = mongoc_bulk_operation_execute (bulk, &reply, &error);
str = bson_as_json (&reply, NULL);
printf ("%s\n", str);
bson_free (str);
if (!ret) {
printf ("Error: %s\n", error.message);
}
bson_destroy (&reply);
mongoc_bulk_operation_destroy (bulk);
}
int
main (int argc,
char *argv[])
{
mongoc_client_t *client;
mongoc_collection_t *collection;
mongoc_init ();
client = mongoc_client_new ("mongodb://localhost/");
collection = mongoc_client_get_collection (client, "test", "test");
bulk3 (collection);
mongoc_collection_destroy (collection);
mongoc_client_destroy (client);
mongoc_cleanup ();
return 0;
}
Example reply document:
{ "nInserted" : 0,
"nMatched" : 1,
"nModified" : 1,
"nRemoved" : 1,
"nUpserted" : 0,
"writeErrors" : [
{ "index" : 0,
"code" : 11000,
"errmsg" : "E11000 duplicate key error index: test.test.$_id_ dup key: { : 1 }" },
{ "index" : 2,
"code" : 11000,
"errmsg" : "E11000 duplicate key error index: test.test.$_id_ dup key: { : 3 }" } ],
"writeConcernErrors" : [] }
Error: E11000 duplicate key error index: test.test.$_id_ dup key: { : 1 }
The bson_error_t domain is MONGOC_ERROR_COMMAND and its code is 11000.
BULK OPERATION BYPASSING DOCUMENT VALIDATION
NOTE
This feature is only available when using MongoDB 3.2 and later.
By default bulk operations are validated against the schema, if any is defined. In certain cases however
it may be necessary to bypass the document validation.
#include <assert.h>
#include <bcon.h>
#include <mongoc.h>
#include <stdio.h>
static void
bulk5_fail (mongoc_collection_t *collection)
{
mongoc_bulk_operation_t *bulk;
bson_error_t error;
bson_t *doc;
bson_t reply;
char *str;
bool ret;
bulk = mongoc_collection_create_bulk_operation (collection, true, NULL);
/* Two inserts */
doc = BCON_NEW ("_id", BCON_INT32 (31));
mongoc_bulk_operation_insert (bulk, doc);
bson_destroy (doc);
doc = BCON_NEW ("_id", BCON_INT32 (32));
mongoc_bulk_operation_insert (bulk, doc);
bson_destroy (doc);
/* The above documents do not comply to the schema validation rules
* we created previously, so this will result in an error */
ret = mongoc_bulk_operation_execute (bulk, &reply, &error);
str = bson_as_json (&reply, NULL);
printf ("%s\n", str);
bson_free (str);
if (!ret) {
printf ("Error: %s\n", error.message);
}
bson_destroy (&reply);
mongoc_bulk_operation_destroy (bulk);
}
static void
bulk5_success (mongoc_collection_t *collection)
{
mongoc_bulk_operation_t *bulk;
bson_error_t error;
bson_t *doc;
bson_t reply;
char *str;
bool ret;
bulk = mongoc_collection_create_bulk_operation (collection, true, NULL);
/* Allow this document to bypass document validation.
* NOTE: When authentication is enabled, the authenticated user must have
* either the "dbadmin" or "restore" roles to bypass document validation */
mongoc_bulk_operation_set_bypass_document_validation (bulk, true);
/* Two inserts */
doc = BCON_NEW ("_id", BCON_INT32 (31));
mongoc_bulk_operation_insert (bulk, doc);
bson_destroy (doc);
doc = BCON_NEW ("_id", BCON_INT32 (32));
mongoc_bulk_operation_insert (bulk, doc);
bson_destroy (doc);
ret = mongoc_bulk_operation_execute (bulk, &reply, &error);
str = bson_as_json (&reply, NULL);
printf ("%s\n", str);
bson_free (str);
if (!ret) {
printf ("Error: %s\n", error.message);
}
bson_destroy (&reply);
mongoc_bulk_operation_destroy (bulk);
}
int
main (int argc,
char *argv[])
{
bson_t *options;
bson_error_t error;
mongoc_client_t *client;
mongoc_collection_t *collection;
mongoc_database_t *database;
mongoc_init ();
client = mongoc_client_new ("mongodb://localhost/");
database = mongoc_client_get_database (client, "testasdf");
/* Create schema validator */
options = BCON_NEW ("validator", "{", "number", "{", "$gte", BCON_INT32 (5), "}", "}");
collection = mongoc_database_create_collection (database, "collname", options, &error);
if (collection) {
bulk5_fail (collection);
bulk5_success (collection);
mongoc_collection_destroy (collection);
} else {
fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't create collection: '%s'\n", error.message);
}
bson_free (options);
mongoc_database_destroy (database);
mongoc_client_destroy (client);
mongoc_cleanup ();
return 0;
}
Running the above example will result in:
{ "nInserted" : 0, "nMatched" : 0, "nModified" : 0, "nRemoved" : 0, "nUpserted" : 0, "writeErrors" : [ { "index" : 0, "code" : 121, "errmsg" : "Document failed validation" } ] }
Error: Document failed validation
{ "nInserted" : 2, "nMatched" : 0, "nModified" : 0, "nRemoved" : 0, "nUpserted" : 0, "writeErrors" : [ ] }
The bson_error_t domain is MONGOC_ERROR_COMMAND \&.
BULK OPERATION WRITE CONCERNS
By default bulk operations are executed with the write_concern of the collection they are executed
against. A custom write concern can be passed to the mongoc_collection_create_bulk_operation(3) method.
Write concern errors (e.g. wtimeout) will be reported after all operations are attempted, regardless of
execution order.
#include <assert.h>
#include <bcon.h>
#include <mongoc.h>
#include <stdio.h>
static void
bulk4 (mongoc_collection_t *collection)
{
mongoc_write_concern_t *wc;
mongoc_bulk_operation_t *bulk;
bson_error_t error;
bson_t *doc;
bson_t reply;
char *str;
bool ret;
wc = mongoc_write_concern_new ();
mongoc_write_concern_set_w (wc, 4);
mongoc_write_concern_set_wtimeout (wc, 100); /* milliseconds */
bulk = mongoc_collection_create_bulk_operation (collection, true, wc);
/* Two inserts */
doc = BCON_NEW ("_id", BCON_INT32 (10));
mongoc_bulk_operation_insert (bulk, doc);
bson_destroy (doc);
doc = BCON_NEW ("_id", BCON_INT32 (11));
mongoc_bulk_operation_insert (bulk, doc);
bson_destroy (doc);
ret = mongoc_bulk_operation_execute (bulk, &reply, &error);
str = bson_as_json (&reply, NULL);
printf ("%s\n", str);
bson_free (str);
if (!ret) {
printf ("Error: %s\n", error.message);
}
bson_destroy (&reply);
mongoc_bulk_operation_destroy (bulk);
mongoc_write_concern_destroy (wc);
}
int
main (int argc,
char *argv[])
{
mongoc_client_t *client;
mongoc_collection_t *collection;
mongoc_init ();
client = mongoc_client_new ("mongodb://localhost/");
collection = mongoc_client_get_collection (client, "test", "test");
bulk4 (collection);
mongoc_collection_destroy (collection);
mongoc_client_destroy (client);
mongoc_cleanup ();
return 0;
}
Example reply document and error message:
{ "nInserted" : 2,
"nMatched" : 0,
"nModified" : 0,
"nRemoved" : 0,
"nUpserted" : 0,
"writeErrors" : [],
"writeConcernErrors" : [
{ "code" : 64,
"errmsg" : "waiting for replication timed out" }
] }
Error: waiting for replication timed out
The bson_error_t domain is MONGOC_ERROR_WRITE_CONCERN if there are write concern errors and no write
errors. Write errors indicate failed operations, so they take precedence over write concern errors, which
mean merely that the write concern is not satisfied yet \&.
FURTHER READING
See the Driver Bulk API Spec , which describes bulk write operations for all MongoDB drivers.
COLOPHON
This page is part of MongoDB C Driver. Please report any bugs at
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER.
MongoDB C Driver 2016‐01‐18 BULK_WRITE_OPERATIONS(3)