cgi_url_validate(3)

Usage

#include <cgi/cgi.h>

NEOERR *cgi_url_validate (const char *buf, char **esc);

Arguments

buf - a 0 terminated string

Overview

cgi_url_validate will check that a URL starts with one of the accepted safe schemes. If not, it returns "#" as a safe substitute. Currently accepted schemes are http, https, ftp and mailto. It then html escapes the entire URL so that it is safe to insert in an href attribute.

Return value

esc - a newly allocated string

Releases

Unchanged in 8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

6.0–13

cgi_debug_init(3) initialize standalone debugging cgi_parse(3) Parse incoming CGI data cgi_destroy(3) deallocate the data associated with a CGI cgi_js_escape(3) cgi_html_escape_strfunc(3) cgi_register_strfuncs(3) cgi_output(3) display the CGI output to the user parse_rfc2388(3) cgi_url_validate(3) validate that url is of an allowed format open_upload(3) cgi_cs_init(3) initialize CS parser with the CGI defaults cgi_url_escape_more(3) url escape a string cgi_html_strip_strfunc(3) cgi_neo_error(3) display a NEOERR call backtrace cgi_redirect(3) send an HTTP 302 redirect response cgi_filehandle(3) return a file pointer to an uploaded file cgi_register_parse_cb(3) Register a parse callback cgi_url_escape(3) url escape a string cgi_init(3) Initialize ClearSilver CGI environment cgi_redirect_uri(3) send an HTTP 302 redirect response cgi_cookie_clear(3) clear browser cookie cgi_url_unescape(3) unescape an url encoded string cgi_vredirect(3) send an HTTP 302 redirect response cgi_display(3) render and display the CGI output to the user cgi_html_ws_strip(3) cgi_error(3) display an error string to the user cgi_cookie_set(3) Set a browser Cookie cgi_text_html_strfunc(3)

Referred to by

cgi_init(3) Initialize ClearSilver CGI environment cgi_error(3) display an error string to the user cgi_parse(3) Parse incoming CGI data cgi_output(3) display the CGI output to the user cgi_cs_init(3) initialize CS parser with the CGI defaults cgi_destroy(3) deallocate the data associated with a CGI cgi_display(3) render and display the CGI output to the user cgi_redirect(3) send an HTTP 302 redirect response cgi_neo_error(3) display a NEOERR call backtrace cgi_vredirect(3) send an HTTP 302 redirect response cgi_cookie_set(3) Set a browser Cookie cgi_debug_init(3) initialize standalone debugging cgi_filehandle(3) return a file pointer to an uploaded file cgi_url_escape(3) url escape a string cgi_cookie_clear(3) clear browser cookie cgi_redirect_uri(3) send an HTTP 302 redirect response cgi_url_unescape(3) unescape an url encoded string cgi_url_escape_more(3) url escape a string cgi_cookie_authority(3) determine the cookie authority for a domain cgi_register_parse_cb(3) Register a parse callback