gnutls_x509_crq_get_attribute_by_oid(3)

gnutls_x509_crq_get_attribute_by_oid3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

int gnutls_x509_crq_get_attribute_by_oid(gnutls_x509_crq_t crq, const char * oid, unsigned indx, void * buf, size_t * buf_size);

Arguments

gnutls_x509_crq_t crq

should contain a gnutls_x509_crq_t type

const char * oid

holds an Object Identifier in null-terminated string

unsigned indx

In case multiple same OIDs exist in the attribute list, this specifies which to get, use (0) to get the first one

void * buf

a pointer to a structure to hold the attribute data (may be NULL)

size_t * buf_size

initially holds the size of buf

Overview

This function will return the attribute in the certificate request specified by the given Object ID. The attribute will be DER encoded.

Attributes in a certificate request is an optional set of data appended to the request. Their interpretation depends on the CA policy.

Returns

On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11
  8. 12
  9. 13
  10. Arch

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
Home page: https://www.gnutls.org

From gnutls 3.8.13-3 in Arch Linux 2026-11-07. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.