libzmq/doc/zmq_msg_gets.txt
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zmq_msg_gets(3)
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NAME
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zmq_msg_gets - get message metadata property
SYNOPSIS
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*const char *zmq_msg_gets (zmq_msg_t '*message', const char *'property');*
DESCRIPTION
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The _zmq_msg_gets()_ function shall return the string value for the metadata
property specified by the 'property' argument for the message pointed to by
the 'message' argument. Both the 'property' argument and the 'value'
shall be NULL-terminated UTF8-encoded strings.
The following properties can be retrieved with the _zmq_msg_gets()_ function:
RETURN VALUE
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The _zmq_msg_gets()_ function shall return the string value for the property
if successful. Otherwise it shall return NULL and set 'errno' to one of the
values defined below. The caller shall not modify or free the returned value,
which shall be owned by the message. The encoding of the property and value
shall be UTF8.
ERRORS
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*EINVAL*::
The requested _property_ is unknown.
EXAMPLE
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.Getting the ZAP authenticated user id for a message:
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zmq_msg_t msg;
zmq_msg_init (&msg);
rc = zmq_msg_recv (&msg, dealer, 0);
assert (rc != -1);
const char *user_id = zmq_msg_gets (&msg, "User-Id");
zmq_msg_close (&msg);
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SEE ALSO
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linkzmq:zmq[7]
AUTHORS
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