gnutls_compres...selected_method(3)

💖 gnutls_compress_certificate_get_selected_method — the vibe check on your cert compression ✨

okay bestie, so this page is part of the gnutls manual, and it's literally about asking a TLS session "hey, which certificate compression method did we end up going with?" 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

gnutls_compress_certificate_get_selected_method — an API function, and yes it does exactly what the name says, no cap 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

gnutls_compression_method_t
gnutls_compress_certificate_get_selected_method(gnutls_session_t
session);

like… look at that signature. it's giving clean. it takes a session, it hands you back a compression method. periodt 🌸

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🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• gnutls_session_t session — bestie this is a gnutls_session_t type. that's the whole thing. that's the argument. iconic of it honestly 💜

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so here's the tea ☕

This function returns the certificate compression method that has been selected to compress the certificate before sending it to the peer. 🔥

and how did we get there? The selection is done based on two things, fr fr:

1. the local list of supported compression methods, and
2. the peer's requested compression methods 🫶

so basically it's a little negotiation moment between you and the other side, and this function tells you who won. main character energy 🌈

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⭐ RETURNS ⭐

selected certificate compression method. that's it, that's the return value 💖

Since 3.7.4 — so if you're on something ancient, bestie, this is not for you 😭

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🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

found something cursed? don't just scream about it in the group chat — Report bugs to <bugs@gnutls.org>. 📧

Home page: https://www.gnutls.org 🌐

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💀 COPYRIGHT 💀

Copyright © 2001-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc., and others. 👑

Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. (translation: go off, just keep the receipts 🧾✨)

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

The full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form visit

https://www.gnutls.org/manual/

like, the docs are right there, bestie, go read them, iykyk 📚💅

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this has been your girl, signing off on the gnutls manual, version 3.8.13 🦋 stay compressed, stay cute, and remember: the peer's requested methods are only a suggestion, the local list is the law 💖✨🎀