# mongoc_collection_find_and_modify()

## Synopsis

    bool
    mongoc_collection_find_and_modify (mongoc_collection_t *collection,
                                       const bson_t        *query,
                                       const bson_t        *sort,
                                       const bson_t        *update,
                                       const bson_t        *fields,
                                       bool                 _remove,
                                       bool                 upsert,
                                       bool                 _new,
                                       bson_t              *reply,
                                       bson_error_t        *error);

## Parameters

collection | A mongoc_collection_t.
query | A bson_t containing the query to locate target document(s).
sort | A bson_t containing the sort order for query.
update | A bson_t containing an update spec.
fields | An optional bson_t containing the fields to return or NULL.
_remove | If the matching documents should be removed.
upsert | If an upsert should be performed.
_new | If the new version of the document should be returned.
reply | An optional location for a bson_t that will be initialized with the result or NULL.
error | An optional location for a bson_error_t or NULL.

## Description

Update and return an object.

This is a thin wrapper around the findAndModify command. Either update or _remove arguments are required.

As of MongoDB 3.2 and mongoc 1.3.0, the mongoc_write_concern_t specified on the mongoc_collection_t will be used, if any.

## Errors

Errors are propagated via the error parameter.

## Returns

Returns either the document before or after modification based on the _new parameter.

## Example

### find-and-modify.c

    #include <bcon.h>
    #include <mongoc.h>
    #include <stdio.h>

    int
    main (int   argc,
          char *argv[])
    {
       mongoc_collection_t *collection;
       mongoc_client_t *client;
       bson_error_t error;
       bson_t *query;
       bson_t *update;
       bson_t reply;
       char *str;

       mongoc_init ();

       client = mongoc_client_new ("mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/");
       collection = mongoc_client_get_collection (client, "test", "test");

       /*
        * Build our query, {"cmpxchg": 1}
        */
       query = BCON_NEW ("cmpxchg", BCON_INT32 (1));

       /*
        * Build our update. {"$set": {"cmpxchg": 2}}
        */
       update = BCON_NEW ("$set", "{", "cmpxchg", BCON_INT32 (2), "}");

       /*
        * Submit the findAndModify.
        */
       if (!mongoc_collection_find_and_modify (collection, query, NULL, update, NULL, false, false, true, &reply, &error)) {
          fprintf (stderr, "find_and_modify() failure: %s\n", error.message);
          return 1;
       }

       /*
        * Print the result as JSON.
        */
       str = bson_as_json (&reply, NULL);
       printf ("%s\n", str);
       bson_free (str);

       /*
        * Cleanup.
        */
       bson_destroy (query);
       bson_destroy (update);
       bson_destroy (&reply);
       mongoc_collection_destroy (collection);
       mongoc_client_destroy (client);

       mongoc_cleanup ();

       return 0;
    }