Constructor

SoupAuthnew

Declaration [src] 

SoupAuth*
soup_auth_new (
  GType type,
  SoupMessage* msg,
  const char* auth_header
)

Description [src]

Creates a new SoupAuth of type type with the information from msg and auth_header.

This is called by SoupSession; you will normally not create auths yourself.

Parameters

type

Type: GType

The type of auth to create (a subtype of SoupAuth)

msg

Type: SoupMessage

The SoupMessage the auth is being created for.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.
auth_header

Type: const char*

The WWW-Authenticate/Proxy-Authenticate header.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Type: SoupAuth

The new SoupAuth, or NULL if it could not be created.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The return value can be NULL.