NAME

ne_get_status, ne_get_response_location, ne_get_response_retry_after - retrieve HTTP response properties

SYNOPSIS

#include <ne_request.h>

const ne_status *ne_get_status(const ne_request *request);

ne_uri *ne_get_response_location(ne_request *request);

time_t ne_get_response_retry_after(ne_request *request);

DESCRIPTION

The ne_get_status function returns a pointer to the HTTP status object giving the result of a request. The object returned only becomes valid once the request has been successfully dispatched (the return value of ne_request_dispatch or ne_begin_request was zero).

If the response includes a Location header, the ne_get_response_location function parses and resolves the URI-reference relative to the request target. If a fragment ("#fragment") is applicable to the request target, it can be passed as an argument to allow appropriate relative resolution.

The ne_get_response_retry_after function parses any Retry-After header included in the response. If the header value uses a relative time, it is interpreted relative to the time the function was invoked, rather than the time the response was received, so the function should be used directly after dispatching the request.

RETURN VALUE

ne_get_status returns a pointer to the HTTP status object giving the result of a request. This pointer is valid until the associated request object is destroyed.

ne_get_response_location returns a malloc-allocated ne_uri object, or NULL if either the URI in the Location header could not be parsed or the Location header was not present.

ne_get_response_retry_after returns a time_t value, or zero if either no Retry-After header was included or the header value could not be parsed.

EXAMPLES

Display the response status code of applying the HEAD method to some resource.

ne_request *req = ne_request_create(sess, "HEAD", "/foo/bar");
if (ne_request_dispatch(req))
   /* handle errors... */
else
   printf("Response status code was %d\n", ne_get_status(req)->code);
ne_request_destroy(req);

HISTORY

ne_get_response_location is available in neon 0.34.0 and later.

COPYRIGHT

07/16/2025

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