# bson_as_json()

## Synopsis

    char *
    bson_as_json (const bson_t *bson,
                  size_t       *length);

## Parameters

bson | A bson_t.
length | An optional location for the length of the resulting string.

## Description

The bson_as_json() function shall encode bson as a JSON encoded UTF-8 string.

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.

## Returns

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

Upon failure, NULL is returned.

## Example

### bson_as_json

    char *str = bson_as_json (doc, NULL);
    printf ("%s\n", str);
    bson_free (str);