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  135. .IX Title "BIO_READ 3ossl"
  136. .TH BIO_READ 3ossl "2024-09-03" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
  137. .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. BIO_read_ex, BIO_write_ex, BIO_read, BIO_write,
  143. BIO_gets, BIO_get_line, BIO_puts
  144. \&\- BIO I/O functions
  145. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  146. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  147. .Vb 1
  148. \& #include <openssl/bio.h>
  149. \&
  150. \& int BIO_read_ex(BIO *b, void *data, size_t dlen, size_t *readbytes);
  151. \& int BIO_write_ex(BIO *b, const void *data, size_t dlen, size_t *written);
  152. \&
  153. \& int BIO_read(BIO *b, void *data, int dlen);
  154. \& int BIO_gets(BIO *b, char *buf, int size);
  155. \& int BIO_get_line(BIO *b, char *buf, int size);
  156. \& int BIO_write(BIO *b, const void *data, int dlen);
  157. \& int BIO_puts(BIO *b, const char *buf);
  158. .Ve
  159. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  160. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  161. \&\fBBIO_read_ex()\fR attempts to read \fIdlen\fR bytes from \s-1BIO\s0 \fIb\fR and places the data
  162. in \fIdata\fR. If any bytes were successfully read then the number of bytes read is
  163. stored in \fI*readbytes\fR.
  164. .PP
  165. \&\fBBIO_write_ex()\fR attempts to write \fIdlen\fR bytes from \fIdata\fR to \s-1BIO\s0 \fIb\fR.
  166. If successful then the number of bytes written is stored in \fI*written\fR
  167. unless \fIwritten\fR is \s-1NULL.\s0
  168. .PP
  169. \&\fBBIO_read()\fR attempts to read \fIlen\fR bytes from \s-1BIO\s0 \fIb\fR and places
  170. the data in \fIbuf\fR.
  171. .PP
  172. \&\fBBIO_gets()\fR performs the BIOs \*(L"gets\*(R" operation and places the data
  173. in \fIbuf\fR. Usually this operation will attempt to read a line of data
  174. from the \s-1BIO\s0 of maximum length \fIsize\-1\fR. There are exceptions to this,
  175. however; for example, \fBBIO_gets()\fR on a digest \s-1BIO\s0 will calculate and
  176. return the digest and other BIOs may not support \fBBIO_gets()\fR at all.
  177. The returned string is always NUL-terminated and the '\en' is preserved
  178. if present in the input data.
  179. On binary input there may be \s-1NUL\s0 characters within the string;
  180. in this case the return value (if nonnegative) may give an incorrect length.
  181. .PP
  182. \&\fBBIO_get_line()\fR attempts to read from \s-1BIO\s0 \fIb\fR a line of data up to the next '\en'
  183. or the maximum length \fIsize\-1\fR is reached and places the data in \fIbuf\fR.
  184. The returned string is always NUL-terminated and the '\en' is preserved
  185. if present in the input data.
  186. On binary input there may be \s-1NUL\s0 characters within the string;
  187. in this case the return value (if nonnegative) gives the actual length read.
  188. For implementing this, unfortunately the data needs to be read byte-by-byte.
  189. .PP
  190. \&\fBBIO_write()\fR attempts to write \fIlen\fR bytes from \fIbuf\fR to \s-1BIO\s0 \fIb\fR.
  191. .PP
  192. \&\fBBIO_puts()\fR attempts to write a NUL-terminated string \fIbuf\fR to \s-1BIO\s0 \fIb\fR.
  193. .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  194. .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
  195. \&\fBBIO_read_ex()\fR returns 1 if data was successfully read, and 0 otherwise.
  196. .PP
  197. \&\fBBIO_write_ex()\fR returns 1 if no error was encountered writing data, 0 otherwise.
  198. Requesting to write 0 bytes is not considered an error.
  199. .PP
  200. \&\fBBIO_write()\fR returns \-2 if the \*(L"write\*(R" operation is not implemented by the \s-1BIO\s0
  201. or \-1 on other errors.
  202. Otherwise it returns the number of bytes written.
  203. This may be 0 if the \s-1BIO\s0 \fIb\fR is \s-1NULL\s0 or \fIdlen <= 0\fR.
  204. .PP
  205. \&\fBBIO_gets()\fR returns \-2 if the \*(L"gets\*(R" operation is not implemented by the \s-1BIO\s0
  206. or \-1 on other errors.
  207. Otherwise it typically returns the amount of data read,
  208. but depending on the implementation it may return only the length up to
  209. the first \s-1NUL\s0 character contained in the data read.
  210. In any case the trailing \s-1NUL\s0 that is added after the data read
  211. is not included in the length returned.
  212. .PP
  213. All other functions return either the amount of data successfully read or
  214. written (if the return value is positive) or that no data was successfully
  215. read or written if the result is 0 or \-1. If the return value is \-2 then
  216. the operation is not implemented in the specific \s-1BIO\s0 type.
  217. .SH "NOTES"
  218. .IX Header "NOTES"
  219. A 0 or \-1 return is not necessarily an indication of an error. In
  220. particular when the source/sink is nonblocking or of a certain type
  221. it may merely be an indication that no data is currently available and that
  222. the application should retry the operation later.
  223. .PP
  224. One technique sometimes used with blocking sockets is to use a system call
  225. (such as \fBselect()\fR, \fBpoll()\fR or equivalent) to determine when data is available
  226. and then call \fBread()\fR to read the data. The equivalent with BIOs (that is call
  227. \&\fBselect()\fR on the underlying I/O structure and then call \fBBIO_read()\fR to
  228. read the data) should \fBnot\fR be used because a single call to \fBBIO_read()\fR
  229. can cause several reads (and writes in the case of \s-1SSL\s0 BIOs) on the underlying
  230. I/O structure and may block as a result. Instead \fBselect()\fR (or equivalent)
  231. should be combined with non blocking I/O so successive reads will request
  232. a retry instead of blocking.
  233. .PP
  234. See \fBBIO_should_retry\fR\|(3) for details of how to
  235. determine the cause of a retry and other I/O issues.
  236. .PP
  237. If the \*(L"gets\*(R" method is not supported by a \s-1BIO\s0 then \fBBIO_get_line()\fR can be used.
  238. It is also possible to make \fBBIO_gets()\fR usable even if the \*(L"gets\*(R" method is not
  239. supported by adding a buffering \s-1BIO\s0 \fBBIO_f_buffer\fR\|(3) to the chain.
  240. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  241. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  242. \&\fBBIO_should_retry\fR\|(3)
  243. .SH "HISTORY"
  244. .IX Header "HISTORY"
  245. \&\fBBIO_gets()\fR on 1.1.0 and older when called on \fBBIO_fd()\fR based \s-1BIO\s0 did not
  246. keep the '\en' at the end of the line in the buffer.
  247. .PP
  248. \&\fBBIO_get_line()\fR was added in OpenSSL 3.0.
  249. .PP
  250. \&\fBBIO_write_ex()\fR returns 1 if the size of the data to write is 0 and the
  251. \&\fIwritten\fR parameter of the function can be \s-1NULL\s0 since OpenSSL 3.0.
  252. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  253. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  254. Copyright 2000\-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  255. .PP
  256. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
  257. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  258. in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
  259. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.