# mongoc_client_command_simple()

## Synopsis

    bool
    mongoc_client_command_simple (mongoc_client_t *client,
                                  const char *db_name,
                                  const bson_t *command,
                                  const mongoc_read_prefs_t *read_prefs,
                                  bson_t *reply,
                                  bson_error_t *error);

This is a simplified interface to mongoc_client_command(). It returns the first document from the result cursor into `reply`. The client’s read preference, read concern, and write concern are not applied to the command.

Warning

`reply` is always set, and should be released with `bson_destroy()`.

This function is not considered a retryable read operation.

## Parameters

- `client`: A mongoc_client_t.

- `db_name`: The name of the database to run the command on.

- `command`: A `bson_t` containing the command specification.

- `read_prefs`: An optional mongoc_read_prefs_t. Otherwise, the command uses mode `MONGOC_READ_PRIMARY`.

- `reply`: A location for the resulting document.

- `error`: An optional location for a bson_error_t or `NULL`.

## Errors

Errors are propagated via the `error` parameter.

## Returns

Returns `true` if successful. Returns `false` and sets `error` if there are invalid arguments or a server or network error.

This function does not check the server response for a write concern error or write concern timeout.