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diff --git a/doc/man3/http_cookie_create.3 b/doc/man3/http_cookie_create.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6587b24 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man3/http_cookie_create.3 @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.TH HTTP_COOKIE_CREATE 3 2023-09-07 0.1.0 "slweb Library Reference" + +.SH NAME +http_cookie_create \- creates a HTTP/1.1 cookie + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <slweb/http.h> +.P +char *http_cookie_create(const char *\fIkey\fP, const char *\fIvalue\fP); +.fi + +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.IR http_cookie_create () +function allocates a null-terminated string with a HTTP/1.1 cookie +defined by +.I key +and +.IR value , +which are null-terminated strings. + +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, a null-terminated string with the newly HTTP/1.1 cookie is +returned. Otherwise, a null pointer is returned. + +.SH ERRORS +No errors are defined. + +.SH EXAMPLE +A successful call to +.IR http_cookie_create (3) +with +.I ExampleValue +as +.I key +and +.I ExampleValue +as +.I value +might return a null-terminated string such as the one below: + +.LP +.in +4n +.EX +ExampleHeader=ExampleValue; HttpOnly; Expires Wed, 07 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT +.EE +.in + +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS + +.I slweb +sets a 1-year expiration date for HTTP cookies due to arbitrary design +limitations. Future versions of this library shall allow a custom +expiration date as an additional parameter to +.IR http_cookie_create (3). + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR slweb_http (7). + +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright (C) 2023 Xavier Del Campo Romero. +.P +This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version. |
