char *

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1.30.4                                            Jun 08, 2025             BSON_ARRAY_AS_LEGACY_EXTENDED_JSON(3)

bson_array_as_legacy_extended_json() encodes bson as a UTF-8 string using libbson'sLegacyExtendedJSON.
       The  outermost element is encoded as a JSON array ([...]), rather than a JSON document ({...}).  This
       function        is        superseded        by        bson_array_as_canonical_extended_json()         and
       bson_array_as_relaxed_extended_json(),  which  use  the  same  MongoDBExtendedJSONformat as all other
       MongoDB drivers.

       The caller is responsible for freeing the resulting UTF-8 encoded string by calling bson_free() with  the
       result.

       If non-NULL, length will be set to the length of the result in bytes.

          bson_t *b = BCON_NEW ("0", BCON_INT32 (1), "1", BCON_UTF8 ("bar"));
          // The document for an array is a normal BSON document with integer values for the keys, starting with 0 and
          // continuing sequentially.
          char *str = bson_array_as_legacy_extended_json (b, NULL);
          printf ("Legacy Extended JSON array: %s\n", str);
          // Prints:
          // Legacy Extended JSON array: [ 1, "bar" ]
          bson_free (str);
          bson_destroy (b);

       • bson: A bson_t.

       • length: An optional location for the length of the resulting string.

       If successful, a newly allocated UTF-8 encoded string and length is set.

       Upon failure, NULL is returned.

          char *
          bson_array_as_legacy_extended_json (const bson_t *bson, size_t *length)