NE_SET_USERAGENT(3)

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💖 NAME 💖

hiii bestie 🫶 welcome to the NE_SET_USERAGENT(3) page from the neon API reference — and okay so this one is all about common properties for HTTP sessions. The squad here is ne_set_useragent, ne_set_read_timeout, ne_set_connect_timeout, ne_get_scheme, and ne_get_server_hostport. slay ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

copying this exactly, character for character, no fixing the spelling bestie 😭💅

#include <ne_session.h>

void ne_set_useragent(ne_session *session, const char *product);

void ne_set_read_timeout(ne_session *session, int timeout);

void ne_set_connect_timeout(ne_session *session, int timeout);

const char *ne_get_scheme(ne_sesssion *session);

const char *ne_get_server_hostport(ne_sesssion *session);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea ☕ — these functions are the little settings knobs for your HTTP session, and each one has main character energy in its own way:

  • ne_set_useragent — this sets the User-Agent request header, which is used to identify the software which generated the request for statistical or debugging purposes. neon does not send a User-Agent header unless a call is made to ne_set_useragent. It must be passed a product string conforming to RFC2616's product token grammar; of the form "Product/Version". periodt 💅
  • ne_set_read_timeout — when neon reads from a socket, by default the read operation will time out after 60 seconds, and the request will fail giving an NE_TIMEOUT error. To configure this timeout interval, call ne_set_read_timeout giving the desired number of seconds as the timeout parameter. ⏰
  • ne_set_connect_timeout — when a connection is being established to a server, normally only the system's TCP timeout handling will apply. To configure a specific (and probably shorter) timeout, ne_set_connect_timeout can be used, giving the desired number of seconds as the timeout parameter. If 0 is passed, then the default behaviour of using the system TCP timeout will be used. no cap 🫡
  • ne_get_scheme — the scheme used to initially create the session will be returned by ne_get_scheme. 🎀
  • ne_get_server_hostport — the hostport pair with which the session is associated will be returned by ne_get_server_hostport; for example www.example.com:8080. Note that the :port will be omitted if the default port for the scheme is used. iykyk 🦋

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🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

Set a user-agent string:

ne_session *sess = ne_session_create(...);
ne_set_useragent(sess, "MyApplication/2.1");

Set a 30 second read timeout:

ne_session *sess = ne_session_create(...);
ne_set_read_timeout(sess, 30);

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go be nosy 👀: ne_session_create(3), ne_set_session_flag(3).

Copyright © 2001-2026 Joe Orton

kisses 😘 this is the neon manual, dated 03/20/2026 — page NE_SET_USERAGENT(3), byeee 🫶✨

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