1X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID(3) OpenSSL X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID(3)
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6 X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID, X509_NAME_get_index_by_OBJ,
7 X509_NAME_get_entry, X509_NAME_entry_count, X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID,
8 X509_NAME_get_text_by_OBJ - X509_NAME lookup and enumeration functions
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11 #include <openssl/x509.h>
12 int X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID(X509_NAME *name,int nid,int lastpos);
14 int X509_NAME_get_index_by_OBJ(X509_NAME *name,ASN1_OBJECT *obj, int lastpos);
15 int X509_NAME_entry_count(X509_NAME *name);
17 X509_NAME_ENTRY *X509_NAME_get_entry(X509_NAME *name, int loc);
18 int X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID(X509_NAME *name, int nid, char *buf,int len);
20 int X509_NAME_get_text_by_OBJ(X509_NAME *name, ASN1_OBJECT *obj, char *buf,int len);
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23 These functions allow an X509_NAME structure to be examined. The
24 X509_NAME structure is the same as the Name type defined in RFC2459
25 (and elsewhere) and used for example in certificate subject and issuer
26 names.
27 X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID() and X509_NAME_get_index_by_OBJ() retrieve
29 the next index matching nid or obj after lastpos. lastpos should
30 initially be set to -1. If there are no more entries -1 is returned.
31 If nid is invalid (doesn't correspond to a valid OID) then -2 is
32 returned.
33 X509_NAME_entry_count() returns the total number of entries in name.
35 X509_NAME_get_entry() retrieves the X509_NAME_ENTRY from name
37 corresponding to index loc. Acceptable values for loc run from 0 to
38 (X509_NAME_entry_count(name) - 1). The value returned is an internal
39 pointer which must not be freed.
40 X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID(), X509_NAME_get_text_by_OBJ() retrieve the
42 "text" from the first entry in name which matches nid or obj, if no
43 such entry exists -1 is returned. At most len bytes will be written and
44 the text written to buf will be null terminated. The length of the
45 output string written is returned excluding the terminating null. If
46 buf is <NULL> then the amount of space needed in buf (excluding the
47 final null) is returned.
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50 X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID() and X509_NAME_get_text_by_OBJ() are legacy
51 functions which have various limitations which make them of minimal use
52 in practice. They can only find the first matching entry and will copy
53 the contents of the field verbatim: this can be highly confusing if the
54 target is a muticharacter string type like a BMPString or a UTF8String.
55 For a more general solution X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID() or
57 X509_NAME_get_index_by_OBJ() should be used followed by
58 X509_NAME_get_entry() on any matching indices and then the various
59 X509_NAME_ENTRY utility functions on the result.
60 The list of all relevant NID_* and OBJ_* codes can be found in the
62 source code header files <openssl/obj_mac.h> and/or
63 <openssl/objects.h>.
64 Applications which could pass invalid NIDs to
66 X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID() should check for the return value of -2.
67 Alternatively the NID validity can be determined first by checking
68 OBJ_nid2obj(nid) is not NULL.
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71 Process all entries:
72 int i;
74 X509_NAME_ENTRY *e;
75 for (i = 0; i < X509_NAME_entry_count(nm); i++)
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78 e = X509_NAME_get_entry(nm, i);
79 /* Do something with e */
80 }
81 Process all commonName entries:
83 int lastpos = -1;
85 X509_NAME_ENTRY *e;
86 for (;;)
88 {
89 lastpos = X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID(nm, NID_commonName, lastpos);
90 if (lastpos == -1)
91 break;
92 e = X509_NAME_get_entry(nm, lastpos);
93 /* Do something with e */
94 }
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97 X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID() and X509_NAME_get_index_by_OBJ() return
98 the index of the next matching entry or -1 if not found.
99 X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID() can also return -2 if the supplied NID is
100 invalid.
101 X509_NAME_entry_count() returns the total number of entries.
103 X509_NAME_get_entry() returns an X509_NAME pointer to the requested
105 entry or NULL if the index is invalid.
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108 ERR_get_error(3), d2i_X509_NAME(3)
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111 TBA
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