# MongoDB\Driver\Monitoring\CommandStartedEvent::getRequestId

(mongodb >=1.3.0)

MongoDB\Driver\Monitoring\CommandStartedEvent::getRequestId — Returns the command's request ID

### Description

final public MongoDB\Driver\Monitoring\CommandStartedEvent::getRequestId ( ) : string

The request ID is generated by the driver and may be used to associate this MongoDB\Driver\Monitoring\CommandStartedEvent with a later MongoDB\Driver\Monitoring\CommandFailedEvent or MongoDB\Driver\Monitoring\CommandSucceededEvent.

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

Returns the command's request ID.

### Errors/Exceptions

- Throws MongoDB\Driver\Exception\InvalidArgumentException on argument parsing errors.

### See Also

- MongoDB\Driver\Monitoring\CommandFailedEvent::getRequestId() - Returns the command's request ID
- MongoDB\Driver\Monitoring\CommandSucceededEvent::getRequestId() - Returns the command's request ID
- Application Performance Monitoring (APM)