gnutls_compression_get_id(3)

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version 3.8.13 · 7 versions
, in alpine 3.22, alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24, arch rolling, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu stonking

✨ gnutls_compression_get_id(3) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the gnutls manual — yes, that gnutls, the TLS library that's been holding it down since forever. this page is all about one lil function that goes by gnutls_compression_get_id, and honestly? it's giving "I just wanna look up a compression method by name" energy. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

gnutls_compression_get_id — API function

like, that's it. that's the name. iconic, no notes. 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <gnutls/compat.h>

gnutls_compression_method_t gnutls_compression_get_id(const char *
name);

so you gotta pull in <gnutls/compat.h> first — it's the compat header, iykyk — and then you can call the thing. returns a gnutls_compression_method_t, takes one const char *. periodt. ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • const char * name — this is the compression method name you're handing over. just a string, bestie. nothing scary. 🌈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so basically the function takes that name you gave it and compares it against the compression methods it knows about — and the way it compares them is case insensitive. meaning "DEFLATE", "deflate", and "DeFlAtE" all get treated the same. no cap. lowercase girlies and uppercase girlies are equal here. 🫶

⭐ RETURNS ⭐

you get back an id for the compression method you specified as a string. slay. 💅

BUT — and this is the important part — if something goes wrong, you get GNUTLS_COMP_UNKNOWN back instead. so like, vibe check your return value, fr fr. 🙈

🔥 REPORTING BUGS 🔥

found a bug? don't just suffer in silence, tell the people:

they wanna hear from you, bestie. 💜

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(translation: you can copy and share this file however you want, no payment needed, just keep the copyright notice and this notice intact. generosity, honestly. 🎀)

🌈 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/

go read the full manual, it's the main character of the docs. 📚✨

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was gnutls version 3.8.13, documented as gnutls_compression_get_id(3). now go forth and look up your compression methods by name, case-insensitively, like the icon you are. mwah. 💖🦋🌸

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