:man_page: mongoc_collection_count_documents

mongoc_collection_count_documents()
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Synopsis
--------

.. code-block:: c

   int64_t
   mongoc_collection_count_documents (mongoc_collection_t *collection,
                                      const bson_t *filter,
                                      const bson_t *opts,
                                      const mongoc_read_prefs_t *read_prefs,
                                      bson_t *reply,
                                      bson_error_t *error);

Parameters
----------

* ``collection``: A :symbol:`mongoc_collection_t`.
* ``filter``: A :symbol:`bson:bson_t` containing the filter.
* ``opts``: A :symbol:`bson:bson_t`, ``NULL`` to ignore.
* ``read_prefs``: A :symbol:`mongoc_read_prefs_t` or ``NULL``.
* ``reply``: A |bson_t-opt-storage-ptr| to contain the results.
* ``error``: An optional location for a :symbol:`bson_error_t <errors>` or ``NULL``.

.. |opts-source| replace:: ``collection``

.. include:: includes/count-document-opts.txt

Other options are included in the sent ``aggregate`` command. For a list of all options, see `the MongoDB Manual entry on the aggregate command <https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/command/aggregate/>`_.

Description
-----------

This functions executes a count query on ``collection``. In contrast with :symbol:`mongoc_collection_estimated_document_count()`, the count returned is guaranteed to be accurate.

.. include:: includes/retryable-read.txt

Errors
------

Errors are propagated via the ``error`` parameter.

Returns
-------

-1 on failure, otherwise the number of documents counted.

Example
-------

.. code-block:: c

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

  static void
  print_count (mongoc_collection_t *collection, bson_t *filter)
  {
     bson_error_t error;
     int64_t count;
     bson_t* opts = BCON_NEW ("skip", BCON_INT64(5));

     count = mongoc_collection_count_documents (
        collection, filter, opts, NULL, NULL, &error);
     bson_destroy (opts);

     if (count < 0) {
        fprintf (stderr, "Count failed: %s\n", error.message);
     } else {
        printf ("%" PRId64 " documents counted.\n", count);
     }
  }


.. seealso::

  | :symbol:`mongoc_collection_estimated_document_count()`

