# mongoc_change_stream_next()

## Synopsis

    bool
    mongoc_change_stream_next (mongoc_change_stream_t *stream,
                               const bson_t **bson);

This function iterates the underlying cursor, setting `bson` to the next document. This will block for a maximum of `maxAwaitTimeMS` milliseconds as specified in the options when created, or the default timeout if omitted. Data may be returned before the timeout. If no data is returned this function returns `false`.

## Parameters

- `stream`: A mongoc_change_stream_t.

- `bson`: The location for the resulting document.

## Returns

This function returns true if a valid bson document was read from the stream. Otherwise, false if there was an error or no document was available.

Errors can be determined with the mongoc_change_stream_error_document() function.

## Lifecycle

Similar to mongoc_cursor_next() the lifetime of `bson` is until the next call to mongoc_change_stream_next(), so it needs to be copied to extend the lifetime.