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1 /**
2 * @file util.h Utility Functions
3 * @ingroup core
4 */
6 /* purple
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26 * @todo Rename the functions so that they live somewhere in the purple
27 * namespace.
29 #ifndef _PURPLE_UTIL_H_
30 #define _PURPLE_UTIL_H_
32 #include <stdio.h>
34 typedef struct _PurpleUtilFetchUrlData PurpleUtilFetchUrlData;
35 typedef struct _PurpleMenuAction PurpleMenuAction;
36 typedef struct _PurpleKeyValuePair PurpleKeyValuePair;
38 #include "account.h"
39 #include "xmlnode.h"
40 #include "notify.h"
43 #ifdef __cplusplus
44 extern "C" {
45 #endif
47 struct _PurpleMenuAction
49 char *label;
50 PurpleCallback callback;
51 gpointer data;
52 GList *children;
55 typedef char *(*PurpleInfoFieldFormatCallback)(const char *field, size_t len);
57 /**
58 * A key-value pair.
60 * This is used by, among other things, purple_gtk_combo* functions to pass in a
61 * list of key-value pairs so it can display a user-friendly value.
63 struct _PurpleKeyValuePair
65 gchar *key;
66 void *value;
70 /**
71 * Creates a new PurpleMenuAction.
73 * @param label The text label to display for this action.
74 * @param callback The function to be called when the action is used on
75 * the selected item.
76 * @param data Additional data to be passed to the callback.
77 * @param children A GList of PurpleMenuActions to be added as a submenu
78 * of the action.
79 * @return The PurpleMenuAction.
81 PurpleMenuAction *purple_menu_action_new(const char *label, PurpleCallback callback,
82 gpointer data, GList *children);
84 /**
85 * Frees a PurpleMenuAction
87 * @param act The PurpleMenuAction to free.
89 void purple_menu_action_free(PurpleMenuAction *act);
91 /**
92 * Set the appropriate presence values for the currently playing song.
94 * @param title The title of the song, @c NULL to unset the value.
95 * @param artist The artist of the song, can be @c NULL.
96 * @param album The album of the song, can be @c NULL.
97 * @since 2.4.0
99 void purple_util_set_current_song(const char *title, const char *artist,
100 const char *album);
103 * Format song information.
105 * @param title The title of the song, @c NULL to unset the value.
106 * @param artist The artist of the song, can be @c NULL.
107 * @param album The album of the song, can be @c NULL.
108 * @param unused Currently unused, must be @c NULL.
110 * @return The formatted string. The caller must #g_free the returned string.
111 * @since 2.4.0
113 char * purple_util_format_song_info(const char *title, const char *artist,
114 const char *album, gpointer unused);
116 /**************************************************************************/
117 /** @name Utility Subsystem */
118 /**************************************************************************/
119 /*@{*/
122 * Initializes the utility subsystem.
124 * @since 2.3.0
126 void purple_util_init(void);
129 * Uninitializes the util subsystem.
131 * @since 2.3.0
133 void purple_util_uninit(void);
135 /*@}*/
137 /**************************************************************************/
138 /** @name Base16 Functions */
139 /**************************************************************************/
140 /*@{*/
143 * Converts a chunk of binary data to its base-16 equivalent.
145 * @param data The data to convert.
146 * @param len The length of the data.
148 * @return The base-16 string in the ASCII encoding. Must be
149 * g_free'd when no longer needed.
151 * @see purple_base16_decode()
153 gchar *purple_base16_encode(const guchar *data, gsize len);
156 * Converts an ASCII string of base-16 encoded data to
157 * the binary equivalent.
159 * @param str The base-16 string to convert to raw data.
160 * @param ret_len The length of the returned data. You can
161 * pass in NULL if you're sure that you know
162 * the length of the decoded data, or if you
163 * know you'll be able to use strlen to
164 * determine the length, etc.
166 * @return The raw data. Must be g_free'd when no longer needed.
168 * @see purple_base16_encode()
170 guchar *purple_base16_decode(const char *str, gsize *ret_len);
173 * Converts a chunk of binary data to a chunked base-16 representation
174 * (handy for key fingerprints)
176 * Example output: 01:23:45:67:89:AB:CD:EF
178 * @param data The data to convert.
179 * @param len The length of the data.
181 * @return The base-16 string in the ASCII chunked encoding. Must be
182 * g_free'd when no longer needed.
184 gchar *purple_base16_encode_chunked(const guchar *data, gsize len);
187 /*@}*/
189 /**************************************************************************/
190 /** @name Base64 Functions */
191 /**************************************************************************/
192 /*@{*/
195 * Converts a chunk of binary data to its base-64 equivalent.
197 * @param data The data to convert.
198 * @param len The length of the data.
200 * @return The base-64 string in the ASCII encoding. Must be
201 * g_free'd when no longer needed.
203 * @see purple_base64_decode()
205 gchar *purple_base64_encode(const guchar *data, gsize len);
208 * Converts an ASCII string of base-64 encoded data to
209 * the binary equivalent.
211 * @param str The base-64 string to convert to raw data.
212 * @param ret_len The length of the returned data. You can
213 * pass in NULL if you're sure that you know
214 * the length of the decoded data, or if you
215 * know you'll be able to use strlen to
216 * determine the length, etc.
218 * @return The raw data. Must be g_free'd when no longer needed.
220 * @see purple_base64_encode()
222 guchar *purple_base64_decode(const char *str, gsize *ret_len);
224 /*@}*/
226 /**************************************************************************/
227 /** @name Quoted Printable Functions */
228 /**************************************************************************/
229 /*@{*/
232 * Converts a quoted printable string back to its readable equivalent.
233 * What is a quoted printable string, you ask? It's an encoding used
234 * to transmit binary data as ASCII. It's intended purpose is to send
235 * emails containing non-ASCII characters. Wikipedia has a pretty good
236 * explanation. Also see RFC 2045.
238 * @param str The quoted printable ASCII string to convert to raw data.
239 * @param ret_len The length of the returned data.
241 * @return The readable string. Must be g_free'd when no longer needed.
243 guchar *purple_quotedp_decode(const char *str, gsize *ret_len);
245 /*@}*/
247 /**************************************************************************/
248 /** @name MIME Functions */
249 /**************************************************************************/
250 /*@{*/
253 * Converts a MIME header field string back to its readable equivalent
254 * according to RFC 2047. Basically, a header is plain ASCII and can
255 * contain any number of sections called "encoded-words." The format
256 * of an encoded word is =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Keld_J=F8rn_Simonsen?=
257 * =? designates the beginning of the encoded-word
258 * ?= designates the end of the encoded-word
260 * An encoded word is segmented into three pieces by the use of a
261 * question mark. The first piece is the character set, the second
262 * piece is the encoding, and the third piece is the encoded text.
264 * @param str The ASCII string, possibly containing any number of
265 * encoded-word sections.
267 * @return The string, with any encoded-word sections decoded and
268 * converted to UTF-8. Must be g_free'd when no longer
269 * needed.
271 char *purple_mime_decode_field(const char *str);
273 /*@}*/
276 /**************************************************************************/
277 /** @name Date/Time Functions */
278 /**************************************************************************/
279 /*@{*/
282 * Formats a time into the specified format.
284 * This is essentially strftime(), but it has a static buffer
285 * and handles the UTF-8 conversion for the caller.
287 * This function also provides the GNU %z formatter if the underlying C
288 * library doesn't. However, the format string parser is very naive, which
289 * means that conversions specifiers to %z cannot be guaranteed. The GNU
290 * strftime(3) man page describes %z as: 'The time-zone as hour offset from
291 * GMT. Required to emit RFC822-conformant dates
292 * (using "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z"). (GNU)'
294 * On Windows, this function also converts the results for %Z from a timezone
295 * name (as returned by the system strftime() %Z format string) to a timezone
296 * abbreviation (as is the case on Unix). As with %z, conversion specifiers
297 * should not be used.
299 * @param format The format string, in UTF-8
300 * @param tm The time to format, or @c NULL to use the current local time
302 * @return The formatted time, in UTF-8.
304 * @note @a format is required to be in UTF-8. This differs from strftime(),
305 * where the format is provided in the locale charset.
307 const char *purple_utf8_strftime(const char *format, const struct tm *tm);
310 * Gets a string representation of the local timezone offset
312 * @param tm The time to get the timezone for
313 * @param iso TRUE to format the offset according to ISO-8601, FALSE to
314 * not substitute 'Z' for 0 offset, and to not separate
315 * hours and minutes with a colon.
317 const char *purple_get_tzoff_str(const struct tm *tm, gboolean iso);
320 * Formats a time into the user's preferred short date format.
322 * The returned string is stored in a static buffer, so the result
323 * should be g_strdup()'d if it's going to be kept.
325 * @param tm The time to format, or @c NULL to use the current local time
327 * @return The date, formatted as per the user's settings.
329 const char *purple_date_format_short(const struct tm *tm);
332 * Formats a time into the user's preferred short date plus time format.
334 * The returned string is stored in a static buffer, so the result
335 * should be g_strdup()'d if it's going to be kept.
337 * @param tm The time to format, or @c NULL to use the current local time
339 * @return The timestamp, formatted as per the user's settings.
341 const char *purple_date_format_long(const struct tm *tm);
344 * Formats a time into the user's preferred full date and time format.
346 * The returned string is stored in a static buffer, so the result
347 * should be g_strdup()'d if it's going to be kept.
349 * @param tm The time to format, or @c NULL to use the current local time
351 * @return The date and time, formatted as per the user's settings.
353 const char *purple_date_format_full(const struct tm *tm);
356 * Formats a time into the user's preferred time format.
358 * The returned string is stored in a static buffer, so the result
359 * should be g_strdup()'d if it's going to be kept.
361 * @param tm The time to format, or @c NULL to use the current local time
363 * @return The time, formatted as per the user's settings.
365 const char *purple_time_format(const struct tm *tm);
368 * Builds a time_t from the supplied information.
370 * @param year The year.
371 * @param month The month.
372 * @param day The day.
373 * @param hour The hour.
374 * @param min The minute.
375 * @param sec The second.
377 * @return A time_t.
379 time_t purple_time_build(int year, int month, int day, int hour,
380 int min, int sec);
382 /** Used by purple_str_to_time to indicate no timezone offset was
383 * specified in the timestamp string. */
384 #define PURPLE_NO_TZ_OFF -500000
387 * Parses a timestamp in jabber, ISO8601, or MM/DD/YYYY format and returns
388 * a time_t.
390 * @param timestamp The timestamp
391 * @param utc Assume UTC if no timezone specified
392 * @param tm If not @c NULL, the caller can get a copy of the
393 * struct tm used to calculate the time_t return value.
394 * @param tz_off If not @c NULL, the caller can get a copy of the
395 * timezone offset (from UTC) used to calculate the time_t
396 * return value. Note: Zero is a valid offset. As such,
397 * the value of the macro @c PURPLE_NO_TZ_OFF indicates no
398 * offset was specified (which means that the local
399 * timezone was used in the calculation).
400 * @param rest If not @c NULL, the caller can get a pointer to the
401 * part of @a timestamp left over after parsing is
402 * completed, if it's not the end of @a timestamp.
404 * @return A time_t.
406 time_t purple_str_to_time(const char *timestamp, gboolean utc,
407 struct tm *tm, long *tz_off, const char **rest);
409 /*@}*/
412 /**************************************************************************/
413 /** @name Markup Functions */
414 /**************************************************************************/
415 /*@{*/
418 * Finds an HTML tag matching the given name.
420 * This locates an HTML tag's start and end, and stores its attributes
421 * in a GData hash table. The names of the attributes are lower-cased
422 * in the hash table, and the name of the tag is case insensitive.
424 * @param needle The name of the tag
425 * @param haystack The null-delimited string to search in
426 * @param start A pointer to the start of the tag if found
427 * @param end A pointer to the end of the tag if found
428 * @param attributes The attributes, if the tag was found. This should
429 * be freed with g_datalist_clear().
430 * @return TRUE if the tag was found
432 gboolean purple_markup_find_tag(const char *needle, const char *haystack,
433 const char **start, const char **end,
434 GData **attributes);
437 * Extracts a field of data from HTML.
439 * This is a scary function. See protocols/msn/msn.c and
440 * protocols/yahoo/yahoo_profile.c for example usage.
442 * @param str The string to parse.
443 * @param len The size of str.
444 * @param user_info The destination PurpleNotifyUserInfo to which the new
445 * field info should be added.
446 * @param start_token The beginning token.
447 * @param skip The number of characters to skip after the
448 * start token.
449 * @param end_token The ending token.
450 * @param check_value The value that the last character must meet.
451 * @param no_value_token The token indicating no value is given.
452 * @param display_name The short descriptive name to display for this token.
453 * @param is_link TRUE if this should be a link, or FALSE otherwise.
454 * @param link_prefix The prefix for the link.
455 * @param format_cb A callback to format the value before adding it.
457 * @return TRUE if successful, or FALSE otherwise.
459 gboolean purple_markup_extract_info_field(const char *str, int len, PurpleNotifyUserInfo *user_info,
460 const char *start_token, int skip,
461 const char *end_token, char check_value,
462 const char *no_value_token,
463 const char *display_name, gboolean is_link,
464 const char *link_prefix,
465 PurpleInfoFieldFormatCallback format_cb);
468 * Converts HTML markup to XHTML.
470 * @param html The HTML markup.
471 * @param dest_xhtml The destination XHTML output.
472 * @param dest_plain The destination plain-text output.
474 void purple_markup_html_to_xhtml(const char *html, char **dest_xhtml,
475 char **dest_plain);
478 * Strips HTML tags from a string.
480 * @param str The string to strip HTML from.
482 * @return The new string without HTML. You must g_free this string
483 * when finished with it.
485 char *purple_markup_strip_html(const char *str);
488 * Adds the necessary HTML code to turn URIs into HTML links in a string.
490 * @param str The string to linkify.
492 * @return The new string with all URIs surrounded in standard
493 * HTML <a href="whatever"></a> tags. You must g_free this
494 * string when finished with it.
496 char *purple_markup_linkify(const char *str);
499 * Unescapes HTML entities to their literal characters. Also translates
500 * "<br>" to "\n".
501 * For example "&amp;" is replaced by '&' and so on.
502 * Actually only "&amp;", "&quot;", "&lt;" and "&gt;" are currently
503 * supported.
505 * @param html The string in which to unescape any HTML entities
507 * @return The text with HTML entities literalized. You must g_free
508 * this string when finished with it.
510 char *purple_unescape_html(const char *html);
513 * Returns a newly allocated substring of the HTML UTF-8 string "str".
514 * The markup is preserved such that the substring will have the same
515 * formatting as original string, even though some tags may have been
516 * opened before "x", or may close after "y". All open tags are closed
517 * at the end of the returned string, in the proper order.
519 * Note that x and y are in character offsets, not byte offsets, and
520 * are offsets into an unformatted version of str. Because of this,
521 * this function may be sensitive to changes in GtkIMHtml and may break
522 * when used with other UI's. libpurple users are encouraged to report and
523 * work out any problems encountered.
525 * @param str The input NUL terminated, HTML, UTF-8 (or ASCII) string.
526 * @param x The character offset into an unformatted version of str to
527 * begin at.
528 * @param y The character offset (into an unformatted vesion of str) of
529 * one past the last character to include in the slice.
531 * @return The HTML slice of string, with all formatting retained.
533 char *purple_markup_slice(const char *str, guint x, guint y);
536 * Returns a newly allocated string containing the name of the tag
537 * located at "tag". Tag is expected to point to a '<', and contain
538 * a '>' sometime after that. If there is no '>' and the string is
539 * not NUL terminated, this function can be expected to segfault.
541 * @param tag The string starting a HTML tag.
542 * @return A string containing the name of the tag.
544 char *purple_markup_get_tag_name(const char *tag);
547 * Returns a constant string of the character representation of the HTML
548 * entity pointed to by @a text. For example, purple_markup_unescape_entity("&amp;")
549 * will return "&". The @a text variable is expected to point to an '&',
550 * the first character of the entity. If given an unrecognized entity, the function
551 * returns @c NULL.
553 * Note that this function, unlike purple_unescape_html(), does not search
554 * the string for the entity, does not replace the entity, and does not
555 * return a newly allocated string.
557 * @param text A string containing an HTML entity.
558 * @param length If not @c NULL, the string length of the entity is stored in this location.
560 * @return A constant string containing the character representation of the given entity.
562 const char * purple_markup_unescape_entity(const char *text, int *length);
565 * Returns a newly allocated string containing the value of the CSS property specified
566 * in opt. The @a style argument is expected to point to a HTML inline CSS.
567 * The function will seek for the CSS property and return its value.
569 * For example, purple_markup_get_css_property("direction:rtl;color:#dc4d1b;",
570 * "color") would return "#dc4d1b".
572 * On error or if the requested property was not found, the function returns
573 * @c NULL.
575 * @param style A string containing the inline CSS text.
576 * @param opt The requested CSS property.
578 * @return The value of the requested CSS property.
580 char * purple_markup_get_css_property(const gchar *style, const gchar *opt);
583 * Check if the given HTML contains RTL text.
585 * @param html The HTML text.
587 * @return TRUE if the text contains RTL text, FALSE otherwise.
589 * @since 2.6.0
591 gboolean purple_markup_is_rtl(const char *html);
593 /*@}*/
596 /**************************************************************************/
597 /** @name Path/Filename Functions */
598 /**************************************************************************/
599 /*@{*/
602 * Returns the user's home directory.
604 * @return The user's home directory.
606 * @see purple_user_dir()
608 const gchar *purple_home_dir(void);
611 * Returns the purple settings directory in the user's home directory.
612 * This is usually ~/.purple
614 * @return The purple settings directory.
616 * @see purple_home_dir()
618 const char *purple_user_dir(void);
621 * Define a custom purple settings directory, overriding the default (user's home directory/.purple)
622 * @param dir The custom settings directory
624 void purple_util_set_user_dir(const char *dir);
627 * Builds a complete path from the root, making any directories along
628 * the path which do not already exist.
630 * @param path The path you wish to create. Note that it must start
631 * from the root or this function will fail.
632 * @param mode Unix-style permissions for this directory.
634 * @return 0 for success, nonzero on any error.
636 int purple_build_dir(const char *path, int mode);
639 * Write a string of data to a file of the given name in the Purple
640 * user directory ($HOME/.purple by default). The data is typically
641 * a serialized version of one of Purple's config files, such as
642 * prefs.xml, accounts.xml, etc. And the string is typically
643 * obtained using xmlnode_to_formatted_str. However, this function
644 * should work fine for saving binary files as well.
646 * @param filename The basename of the file to write in the purple_user_dir.
647 * @param data A null-terminated string of data to write.
648 * @param size The size of the data to save. If data is
649 * null-terminated you can pass in -1.
651 * @return TRUE if the file was written successfully. FALSE otherwise.
653 gboolean purple_util_write_data_to_file(const char *filename, const char *data,
654 gssize size);
657 * Write data to a file using the absolute path.
659 * This exists for Glib backwards compatibility reasons.
661 * @param filename_full Filename to write to
662 * @param data A null-terminated string of data to write.
663 * @param size The size of the data to save. If data is
664 * null-terminated you can pass in -1.
666 * @return TRUE if the file was written successfully. FALSE otherwise.
668 * @todo Remove this function (use g_file_set_contents instead) when 3.0.0
669 * rolls around.
670 * @see purple_util_write_data_to_file()
673 gboolean
674 purple_util_write_data_to_file_absolute(const char *filename_full, const char *data, gssize size);
677 * Read the contents of a given file and parse the results into an
678 * xmlnode tree structure. This is intended to be used to read
679 * Purple's configuration xml files (prefs.xml, pounces.xml, etc.)
681 * @param filename The basename of the file to open in the purple_user_dir.
682 * @param description A very short description of the contents of this
683 * file. This is used in error messages shown to the
684 * user when the file can not be opened. For example,
685 * "preferences," or "buddy pounces."
687 * @return An xmlnode tree of the contents of the given file. Or NULL, if
688 * the file does not exist or there was an error reading the file.
690 xmlnode *purple_util_read_xml_from_file(const char *filename,
691 const char *description);
694 * Creates a temporary file and returns a file pointer to it.
696 * This is like mkstemp(), but returns a file pointer and uses a
697 * pre-set template. It uses the semantics of tempnam() for the
698 * directory to use and allocates the space for the file path.
700 * The caller is responsible for closing the file and removing it when
701 * done, as well as freeing the space pointed to by @a path with
702 * g_free().
704 * @param path The returned path to the temp file.
705 * @param binary Text or binary, for platforms where it matters.
707 * @return A file pointer to the temporary file, or @c NULL on failure.
709 FILE *purple_mkstemp(char **path, gboolean binary);
712 * Returns an extension corresponding to the image data's file type.
714 * @param data A pointer to the image data
715 * @param len The length of the image data
717 * @return The appropriate extension, or "icon" if unknown.
719 const char *
720 purple_util_get_image_extension(gconstpointer data, size_t len);
723 * Returns a SHA-1 hash string of the data passed in.
725 char *purple_util_get_image_checksum(gconstpointer image_data, size_t image_len);
728 * @return A hex encoded version of the SHA-1 hash of the data passed
729 * in with the correct file extention appended. The file
730 * extension is determined by calling
731 * purple_util_get_image_extension(). This return value must
732 * be g_freed by the caller.
734 char *purple_util_get_image_filename(gconstpointer image_data, size_t image_len);
736 /*@}*/
739 /**************************************************************************/
740 /** @name Environment Detection Functions */
741 /**************************************************************************/
742 /*@{*/
745 * Checks if the given program name is valid and executable.
747 * @param program The file name of the application.
749 * @return TRUE if the program is runable.
751 gboolean purple_program_is_valid(const char *program);
754 * Check if running GNOME.
756 * @return TRUE if running GNOME, FALSE otherwise.
758 gboolean purple_running_gnome(void);
761 * Check if running KDE.
763 * @return TRUE if running KDE, FALSE otherwise.
765 gboolean purple_running_kde(void);
768 * Check if running OS X.
770 * @return TRUE if running OS X, FALSE otherwise.
772 gboolean purple_running_osx(void);
775 * Returns the IP address from a socket file descriptor.
777 * @param fd The socket file descriptor.
779 * @return The IP address, or @c NULL on error.
781 char *purple_fd_get_ip(int fd);
783 /*@}*/
786 /**************************************************************************/
787 /** @name String Functions */
788 /**************************************************************************/
789 /*@{*/
792 * Tests two strings for equality.
794 * Unlike strcmp(), this function will not crash if one or both of the
795 * strings are @c NULL.
797 * @param left A string
798 * @param right A string to compare with left
800 * @return @c TRUE if the strings are the same, else @c FALSE.
802 * @since 2.6.0
804 gboolean purple_strequal(const gchar *left, const gchar *right);
807 * Normalizes a string, so that it is suitable for comparison.
809 * The returned string will point to a static buffer, so if the
810 * string is intended to be kept long-term, you <i>must</i>
811 * g_strdup() it. Also, calling normalize() twice in the same line
812 * will lead to problems.
814 * @param account The account the string belongs to, or NULL if you do
815 * not know the account. If you use NULL, the string
816 * will still be normalized, but if the PRPL uses a
817 * custom normalization function then the string may
818 * not be normalized correctly.
819 * @param str The string to normalize.
821 * @return A pointer to the normalized version stored in a static buffer.
823 const char *purple_normalize(const PurpleAccount *account, const char *str);
826 * Normalizes a string, so that it is suitable for comparison.
828 * This is one possible implementation for the PRPL callback
829 * function "normalize." It returns a lowercase and UTF-8
830 * normalized version of the string.
832 * @param account The account the string belongs to.
833 * @param str The string to normalize.
835 * @return A pointer to the normalized version stored in a static buffer.
837 const char *purple_normalize_nocase(const PurpleAccount *account, const char *str);
840 * Compares two strings to see if the first contains the second as
841 * a proper prefix.
843 * @param s The string to check.
844 * @param p The prefix in question.
846 * @return TRUE if p is a prefix of s, otherwise FALSE.
848 gboolean purple_str_has_prefix(const char *s, const char *p);
851 * Compares two strings to see if the second is a proper suffix
852 * of the first.
854 * @param s The string to check.
855 * @param x The suffix in question.
857 * @return TRUE if x is a a suffix of s, otherwise FALSE.
859 gboolean purple_str_has_suffix(const char *s, const char *x);
862 * Duplicates a string and replaces all newline characters from the
863 * source string with HTML linebreaks.
865 * @param src The source string.
867 * @return The new string. Must be g_free'd by the caller.
869 gchar *purple_strdup_withhtml(const gchar *src);
872 * Ensures that all linefeeds have a matching carriage return.
874 * @param str The source string.
876 * @return The string with carriage returns.
878 char *purple_str_add_cr(const char *str);
881 * Strips all instances of the given character from the
882 * given string. The string is modified in place. This
883 * is useful for stripping new line characters, for example.
885 * Example usage:
886 * purple_str_strip_char(my_dumb_string, '\n');
888 * @param str The string to strip characters from.
889 * @param thechar The character to strip from the given string.
891 void purple_str_strip_char(char *str, char thechar);
894 * Given a string, this replaces all instances of one character
895 * with another. This happens inline (the original string IS
896 * modified).
898 * @param string The string from which to replace stuff.
899 * @param delimiter The character you want replaced.
900 * @param replacement The character you want inserted in place
901 * of the delimiting character.
903 void purple_util_chrreplace(char *string, char delimiter,
904 char replacement);
907 * Given a string, this replaces one substring with another
908 * and returns a newly allocated string.
910 * @param string The string from which to replace stuff.
911 * @param delimiter The substring you want replaced.
912 * @param replacement The substring you want inserted in place
913 * of the delimiting substring.
915 * @return A new string, after performing the substitution.
916 * free this with g_free().
918 gchar *purple_strreplace(const char *string, const char *delimiter,
919 const char *replacement);
923 * Given a string, this replaces any utf-8 substrings in that string with
924 * the corresponding numerical character reference, and returns a newly
925 * allocated string.
927 * @param in The string which might contain utf-8 substrings
929 * @return A new string, with utf-8 replaced with numerical character
930 * references, free this with g_free()
932 char *purple_utf8_ncr_encode(const char *in);
936 * Given a string, this replaces any numerical character references
937 * in that string with the corresponding actual utf-8 substrings,
938 * and returns a newly allocated string.
940 * @param in The string which might contain numerical character references.
942 * @return A new string, with numerical character references
943 * replaced with actual utf-8, free this with g_free().
945 char *purple_utf8_ncr_decode(const char *in);
949 * Given a string, this replaces one substring with another
950 * ignoring case and returns a newly allocated string.
952 * @param string The string from which to replace stuff.
953 * @param delimiter The substring you want replaced.
954 * @param replacement The substring you want inserted in place
955 * of the delimiting substring.
957 * @return A new string, after performing the substitution.
958 * free this with g_free().
960 gchar *purple_strcasereplace(const char *string, const char *delimiter,
961 const char *replacement);
964 * This is like strstr, except that it ignores ASCII case in
965 * searching for the substring.
967 * @param haystack The string to search in.
968 * @param needle The substring to find.
970 * @return the location of the substring if found, or NULL if not
972 const char *purple_strcasestr(const char *haystack, const char *needle);
975 * Returns a string representing a filesize in the appropriate
976 * units (MB, KB, GB, etc.)
978 * @param size The size
980 * @return The string in units form. This must be freed.
982 char *purple_str_size_to_units(size_t size);
985 * Converts seconds into a human-readable form.
987 * @param sec The seconds.
989 * @return A human-readable form, containing days, hours, minutes, and
990 * seconds.
992 char *purple_str_seconds_to_string(guint sec);
995 * Converts a binary string into a NUL terminated ascii string,
996 * replacing nonascii characters and characters below SPACE (including
997 * NUL) into \\xyy, where yy are two hex digits. Also backslashes are
998 * changed into two backslashes (\\\\). The returned, newly allocated
999 * string can be outputted to the console, and must be g_free()d.
1001 * @param binary A string of random data, possibly with embedded NULs
1002 * and such.
1003 * @param len The length in bytes of the input string. Must not be 0.
1005 * @return A newly allocated ASCIIZ string.
1007 char *purple_str_binary_to_ascii(const unsigned char *binary, guint len);
1008 /*@}*/
1011 /**************************************************************************/
1012 /** @name URI/URL Functions */
1013 /**************************************************************************/
1014 /*@{*/
1016 void purple_got_protocol_handler_uri(const char *uri);
1019 * Parses a URL, returning its host, port, file path, username and password.
1021 * The returned data must be freed.
1023 * @param url The URL to parse.
1024 * @param ret_host The returned host.
1025 * @param ret_port The returned port.
1026 * @param ret_path The returned path.
1027 * @param ret_user The returned username.
1028 * @param ret_passwd The returned password.
1030 gboolean purple_url_parse(const char *url, char **ret_host, int *ret_port,
1031 char **ret_path, char **ret_user, char **ret_passwd);
1034 * This is the signature used for functions that act as the callback
1035 * to purple_util_fetch_url() or purple_util_fetch_url_request().
1037 * @param url_data The same value that was returned when you called
1038 * purple_fetch_url() or purple_fetch_url_request().
1039 * @param user_data The user data that your code passed into either
1040 * purple_util_fetch_url() or purple_util_fetch_url_request().
1041 * @param url_text This will be NULL on error. Otherwise this
1042 * will contain the contents of the URL.
1043 * @param len 0 on error, otherwise this is the length of buf.
1044 * @param error_message If something went wrong then this will contain
1045 * a descriptive error message, and buf will be
1046 * NULL and len will be 0.
1048 typedef void (*PurpleUtilFetchUrlCallback)(PurpleUtilFetchUrlData *url_data, gpointer user_data, const gchar *url_text, gsize len, const gchar *error_message);
1051 * Fetches the data from a URL, and passes it to a callback function.
1053 * @param url The URL.
1054 * @param full TRUE if this is the full URL, or FALSE if it's a
1055 * partial URL.
1056 * @param user_agent The user agent field to use, or NULL.
1057 * @param http11 TRUE if HTTP/1.1 should be used to download the file.
1058 * @param cb The callback function.
1059 * @param data The user data to pass to the callback function.
1061 #define purple_util_fetch_url(url, full, user_agent, http11, cb, data) \
1062 purple_util_fetch_url_request(url, full, user_agent, http11, NULL, \
1063 FALSE, cb, data);
1066 * Fetches the data from a URL, and passes it to a callback function.
1068 * @param url The URL.
1069 * @param full TRUE if this is the full URL, or FALSE if it's a
1070 * partial URL.
1071 * @param user_agent The user agent field to use, or NULL.
1072 * @param http11 TRUE if HTTP/1.1 should be used to download the file.
1073 * @param max_len The maximum number of bytes to retrieve (-1 for unlimited)
1074 * @param cb The callback function.
1075 * @param data The user data to pass to the callback function.
1076 * @deprecated In 3.0.0, we'll rename this to "purple_util_fetch_url" and get rid of the old one
1078 #define purple_util_fetch_url_len(url, full, user_agent, http11, max_len, cb, data) \
1079 purple_util_fetch_url_request_len(url, full, user_agent, http11, NULL, \
1080 FALSE, max_len, cb, data);
1083 * Fetches the data from a URL, and passes it to a callback function.
1085 * @param url The URL.
1086 * @param full TRUE if this is the full URL, or FALSE if it's a
1087 * partial URL.
1088 * @param user_agent The user agent field to use, or NULL.
1089 * @param http11 TRUE if HTTP/1.1 should be used to download the file.
1090 * @param request A HTTP request to send to the server instead of the
1091 * standard GET
1092 * @param include_headers
1093 * If TRUE, include the HTTP headers in the response.
1094 * @param callback The callback function.
1095 * @param data The user data to pass to the callback function.
1097 PurpleUtilFetchUrlData *purple_util_fetch_url_request(const gchar *url,
1098 gboolean full, const gchar *user_agent, gboolean http11,
1099 const gchar *request, gboolean include_headers,
1100 PurpleUtilFetchUrlCallback callback, gpointer data);
1103 * Fetches the data from a URL, and passes it to a callback function.
1105 * @param url The URL.
1106 * @param full TRUE if this is the full URL, or FALSE if it's a
1107 * partial URL.
1108 * @param user_agent The user agent field to use, or NULL.
1109 * @param http11 TRUE if HTTP/1.1 should be used to download the file.
1110 * @param request A HTTP request to send to the server instead of the
1111 * standard GET
1112 * @param include_headers
1113 * If TRUE, include the HTTP headers in the response.
1114 * @param max_len The maximum number of bytes to retrieve (-1 for unlimited)
1115 * @param callback The callback function.
1116 * @param data The user data to pass to the callback function.
1117 * @deprecated In 3.0.0, this will go away.
1119 PurpleUtilFetchUrlData *purple_util_fetch_url_request_len(const gchar *url,
1120 gboolean full, const gchar *user_agent, gboolean http11,
1121 const gchar *request, gboolean include_headers, gssize max_len,
1122 PurpleUtilFetchUrlCallback callback, gpointer data);
1125 * Fetches the data from a URL, and passes it to a callback function.
1127 * @param account The account for which the request is needed, or NULL.
1128 * @param url The URL.
1129 * @param full TRUE if this is the full URL, or FALSE if it's a
1130 * partial URL.
1131 * @param user_agent The user agent field to use, or NULL.
1132 * @param http11 TRUE if HTTP/1.1 should be used to download the file.
1133 * @param request A HTTP request to send to the server instead of the
1134 * standard GET
1135 * @param include_headers
1136 * If TRUE, include the HTTP headers in the response.
1137 * @param max_len The maximum number of bytes to retrieve (-1 for unlimited)
1138 * @param callback The callback function.
1139 * @param data The user data to pass to the callback function.
1140 * @deprecated In 3.0.0, we'll rename this to "purple_util_fetch_url_request" and get rid of the old one
1142 PurpleUtilFetchUrlData *purple_util_fetch_url_request_len_with_account(
1143 PurpleAccount *account, const gchar *url,
1144 gboolean full, const gchar *user_agent, gboolean http11,
1145 const gchar *request, gboolean include_headers, gssize max_len,
1146 PurpleUtilFetchUrlCallback callback, gpointer data);
1149 * Cancel a pending URL request started with either
1150 * purple_util_fetch_url_request() or purple_util_fetch_url().
1152 * @param url_data The data returned when you initiated the URL fetch.
1154 void purple_util_fetch_url_cancel(PurpleUtilFetchUrlData *url_data);
1157 * Decodes a URL into a plain string.
1159 * This will change hex codes and such to their ascii equivalents.
1161 * @param str The string to translate.
1163 * @return The resulting string.
1165 const char *purple_url_decode(const char *str);
1168 * Encodes a URL into an escaped string.
1170 * This will change non-alphanumeric characters to hex codes.
1172 * @param str The string to translate.
1174 * @return The resulting string.
1176 const char *purple_url_encode(const char *str);
1179 * Checks if the given email address is syntactically valid.
1181 * @param address The email address to validate.
1183 * @return True if the email address is syntactically correct.
1185 gboolean purple_email_is_valid(const char *address);
1188 * Checks if the given IP address is a syntactically valid IPv4 address.
1190 * @param ip The IP address to validate.
1192 * @return True if the IP address is syntactically correct.
1194 gboolean purple_ip_address_is_valid(const char *ip);
1197 * This function extracts a list of URIs from the a "text/uri-list"
1198 * string. It was "borrowed" from gnome_uri_list_extract_uris
1200 * @param uri_list An uri-list in the standard format.
1202 * @return A GList containing strings allocated with g_malloc
1203 * that have been splitted from uri-list.
1205 GList *purple_uri_list_extract_uris(const gchar *uri_list);
1208 * This function extracts a list of filenames from a
1209 * "text/uri-list" string. It was "borrowed" from
1210 * gnome_uri_list_extract_filenames
1212 * @param uri_list A uri-list in the standard format.
1214 * @return A GList containing strings allocated with g_malloc that
1215 * contain the filenames in the uri-list. Note that unlike
1216 * purple_uri_list_extract_uris() function, this will discard
1217 * any non-file uri from the result value.
1219 GList *purple_uri_list_extract_filenames(const gchar *uri_list);
1221 /*@}*/
1223 /**************************************************************************
1224 * UTF8 String Functions
1225 **************************************************************************/
1226 /*@{*/
1229 * Attempts to convert a string to UTF-8 from an unknown encoding.
1231 * This function checks the locale and tries sane defaults.
1233 * @param str The source string.
1235 * @return The UTF-8 string, or @c NULL if it could not be converted.
1237 gchar *purple_utf8_try_convert(const char *str);
1240 * Salvages the valid UTF-8 characters from a string, replacing any
1241 * invalid characters with a filler character (currently hardcoded to
1242 * '?').
1244 * @param str The source string.
1246 * @return A valid UTF-8 string.
1248 gchar *purple_utf8_salvage(const char *str);
1251 * Removes unprintable characters from a UTF-8 string. These characters
1252 * (in particular low-ASCII characters) are invalid in XML 1.0 and thus
1253 * are not allowed in XMPP and are rejected by libxml2 by default. This
1254 * function uses g_unichar_isprint to determine what characters should
1255 * be stripped. The returned string must be freed by the caller.
1257 * @param str A valid UTF-8 string.
1259 * @return A newly allocated UTF-8 string without the unprintable characters.
1260 * @since 2.6.0
1262 * @see g_unichar_isprint
1264 gchar *purple_utf8_strip_unprintables(const gchar *str);
1267 * Return the UTF-8 version of gai_strerror(). It calls gai_strerror()
1268 * then converts the result to UTF-8. This function is analogous to
1269 * g_strerror().
1271 * @param errnum The error code.
1273 * @return The UTF-8 error message.
1274 * @since 2.4.0
1276 G_CONST_RETURN gchar *purple_gai_strerror(gint errnum);
1279 * Compares two UTF-8 strings case-insensitively. This comparison is
1280 * more expensive than a simple g_utf8_collate() comparison because
1281 * it calls g_utf8_casefold() on each string, which allocates new
1282 * strings.
1284 * @param a The first string.
1285 * @param b The second string.
1287 * @return -1 if @a is less than @a b.
1288 * 0 if @a is equal to @a b.
1289 * 1 if @a is greater than @a b.
1291 int purple_utf8_strcasecmp(const char *a, const char *b);
1294 * Case insensitive search for a word in a string. The needle string
1295 * must be contained in the haystack string and not be immediately
1296 * preceded or immediately followed by another alpha-numeric character.
1298 * @param haystack The string to search in.
1299 * @param needle The substring to find.
1301 * @return TRUE if haystack has the word, otherwise FALSE
1303 gboolean purple_utf8_has_word(const char *haystack, const char *needle);
1306 * Prints a UTF-8 message to the given file stream. The function
1307 * tries to convert the UTF-8 message to user's locale. If this
1308 * is not possible, the original UTF-8 text will be printed.
1310 * @param filestream The file stream (e.g. STDOUT or STDERR)
1311 * @param message The message to print.
1313 void purple_print_utf8_to_console(FILE *filestream, char *message);
1316 * Checks for messages starting (post-HTML) with "/me ", including the space.
1318 * @param message The message to check
1319 * @param len The message length, or -1
1321 * @return TRUE if it starts with "/me ", and it has been removed, otherwise
1322 * FALSE
1324 gboolean purple_message_meify(char *message, gssize len);
1327 * Removes the underscore characters from a string used identify the mnemonic
1328 * character.
1330 * @param in The string to strip
1332 * @return The stripped string
1334 char *purple_text_strip_mnemonic(const char *in);
1336 /*@}*/
1339 * Adds 8 to something.
1341 * Blame SimGuy.
1343 * @param x The number to add 8 to.
1345 * @return x + 8
1347 #define purple_add_eight(x) ((x)+8)
1350 * Does the reverse of purple_escape_filename
1352 * This will change hex codes and such to their ascii equivalents.
1354 * @param str The string to translate.
1356 * @return The resulting string.
1358 const char *purple_unescape_filename(const char *str);
1361 * Escapes filesystem-unfriendly characters from a filename
1363 * @param str The string to translate.
1365 * @return The resulting string.
1367 const char *purple_escape_filename(const char *str);
1370 * This is added temporarily to assist the split of oscar into aim and icq.
1371 * This should not be used by plugins.
1373 const char *_purple_oscar_convert(const char *act, const char *protocol);
1376 * Restore default signal handlers for signals which might reasonably have
1377 * handlers. This should be called by a fork()'d child process, since child processes
1378 * inherit the handlers of the parent.
1380 void purple_restore_default_signal_handlers(void);
1383 * Gets the host name of the machine. If it not possible to determine the
1384 * host name, "localhost" is returned
1386 * @constreturn The hostname
1388 const gchar *purple_get_host_name(void);
1390 #ifdef __cplusplus
1392 #endif
1394 #endif /* _PURPLE_UTIL_H_ */