---
name: "mongoc_database_t"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmongoc-doc"
version: "1.30.4-1+deb13u3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mongoc_database_t"
---

# mongoc\_database\_t(3)

MongoDB Database Abstraction

## SYNOPSIS

```
typedef struct _mongoc_database_t mongoc_database_t;
```

**mongoc\_database\_t** provides access to a MongoDB database. This handle is useful for actions a particular database object. It *is not* a container for *mongoc\_collection\_t* structures.

Read preferences and write concerns are inherited from the parent client. They can be overridden with *mongoc\_database\_set\_read\_prefs()* and *mongoc\_database\_set\_write\_concern()*.

## EXAMPLES

```
#include <mongoc/mongoc.h>
int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
   mongoc_database_t *database;
   mongoc_client_t *client;
   mongoc_init ();
   client = mongoc_client_new ("mongodb://localhost/");
   database = mongoc_client_get_database (client, "test");
   mongoc_database_destroy (database);
   mongoc_client_destroy (client);
   mongoc_cleanup ();
   return 0;
}
```

## AUTHOR

MongoDB, Inc

## COPYRIGHT

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.