NAME¶

ares_parse_naptr_reply - Parse a reply to a DNS query of type NAPTR

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <ares.h>
int ares_parse_naptr_reply(const unsigned char* abuf, int alen,


                           struct ares_naptr_reply** naptr_out);

DESCRIPTION¶

The ares_parse_naptr_reply function parses the response to a query of type NAPTR into a linked list of struct ares_naptr_reply The parameters abuf and alen give the contents of the response. The result is stored in allocated memory and a pointer to it stored into the variable pointed to by naptr_out. It is the caller's responsibility to free the resulting naptr_out structure when it is no longer needed using the function ares_free_data

The structure ares_naptr_reply contains the following fields:

struct ares_naptr_reply {


    struct ares_naptr_reply *next;


    unsigned char *flags;


    unsigned char *service;


    unsigned char *regexp;


    char *replacement;


    unsigned short order;


    unsigned short preference;
};

RETURN VALUES¶

ares_parse_naptr_reply can return any of the following values:

ARES_SUCCESS

The response was successfully parsed.

ARES_EBADRESP

The response was malformatted.

ARES_ENODATA

The response did not contain an answer to the query.

ARES_ENOMEM

Memory was exhausted.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function was first introduced in c-ares version 1.7.6.

SEE ALSO¶

ares_query(3) ares_free_data(3)

AUTHOR¶

Written by Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com>, on behalf of Red Hat, Inc http://www.redhat.com