SSL_PENDING(3)             Library Functions Manual             SSL_PENDING(3)

NAME
     SSL_pending - obtain number of readable bytes buffered in an SSL object

SYNOPSIS
     #include <openssl/ssl.h>

     int
     SSL_pending(const SSL *ssl);

DESCRIPTION
     Data is received in whole blocks known as records from the peer.  A whole
     record is processed, for example decrypted, in one go and is buffered
     until it is read by the application via a call to SSL_read(3).

     SSL_pending() returns the number of bytes of application data which are
     available for immediate read.

     SSL_pending() takes into account only bytes from the TLS/SSL record that
     is currently being processed (if any).

RETURN VALUES
     SSL_pending() returns the number of buffered and processed application
     data bytes that are pending and are available for immediate read.

SEE ALSO
     ssl(3), SSL_read(3)

HISTORY
     SSL_pending() appeared in SSLeay 0.4 or earlier and has been available
     since OpenBSD 2.4.

BUGS
     Up to OpenSSL 0.9.6, SSL_pending() did not check if the record type of
     pending data is application data.

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