# bson_iter_type()

## Synopsis

    typedef enum {
       BSON_TYPE_EOD = 0x00,
       BSON_TYPE_DOUBLE = 0x01,
       BSON_TYPE_UTF8 = 0x02,
       BSON_TYPE_DOCUMENT = 0x03,
       BSON_TYPE_ARRAY = 0x04,
       BSON_TYPE_BINARY = 0x05,
       BSON_TYPE_UNDEFINED = 0x06,
       BSON_TYPE_OID = 0x07,
       BSON_TYPE_BOOL = 0x08,
       BSON_TYPE_DATE_TIME = 0x09,
       BSON_TYPE_NULL = 0x0A,
       BSON_TYPE_REGEX = 0x0B,
       BSON_TYPE_DBPOINTER = 0x0C,
       BSON_TYPE_CODE = 0x0D,
       BSON_TYPE_SYMBOL = 0x0E,
       BSON_TYPE_CODEWSCOPE = 0x0F,
       BSON_TYPE_INT32 = 0x10,
       BSON_TYPE_TIMESTAMP = 0x11,
       BSON_TYPE_INT64 = 0x12,
       BSON_TYPE_MAXKEY = 0x7F,
       BSON_TYPE_MINKEY = 0xFF,
    } bson_type_t;

    bson_type_t
    bson_iter_type (const bson_iter_t *iter);

## Parameters

- `iter`: A bson_iter_t.

## Description

The `bson_iter_type()` function shall return the type of the observed element in a bson document.

## Returns

A bson_type_t.