:man_page: bson_append_null

bson_append_null()
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Synopsis
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.. code-block:: c

  bool
  bson_append_null (bson_t *bson, const char *key, int key_length);

Parameters
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* ``bson``: A :symbol:`bson_t`.
* ``key``: An ASCII C string containing the name of the field.
* ``key_length``: The length of ``key`` in bytes, or -1 to determine the length with ``strlen()``.

Description
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The :symbol:`bson_append_null()` function shall append a new element to ``bson`` of type BSON_TYPE_NULL.

Returns
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true if the operation was applied successfully, otherwise false and ``bson`` should be discarded.

