---
name: "mongoc_index"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmongoc-doc"
version: "1.4.2-1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mongoc_index"
---

# mongoc\_index(3)

A Cross Platform MongoDB Client Library for C

## NAME

MongoDB\_C\_Driver - A Cross Platform MongoDB Client Library for C

## INTRODUCTION

The MongoDB C Driver, also known as "libmongoc", is a library for using MongoDB from C applications, and for writing MongoDB drivers in higher‐level languages.

It depends on **libbson** to generate and parse BSON documents, the native data format of MongoDB.

## INSTALLATION

## TUTORIAL

## BASIC OPERATIONS

## ADVANCED CONNECTIONS

## AUTHENTICATION

## CURSORS

## BULK OPERATIONS

## AGGREGATION FRAMEWORK

## CLIENT SIDE DOCUMENT MATCHING

## TROUBLESHOOTING

## API REFERENCE

## ERRORS

## APPLICATION PERFORMANCE MONITORING

## COLOPHON

**This page is part of MongoDB C Driver.** Please report any bugs at https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER.