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BIO_read(3)                         OpenSSL                        BIO_read(3)



NAME
       BIO_read_ex, BIO_write_ex, BIO_read, BIO_write, BIO_gets, BIO_get_line,
       BIO_puts - BIO I/O functions

LIBRARY
       libcrypto, -lcrypto

SYNOPSIS
        #include <openssl/bio.h>

        int BIO_read_ex(BIO *b, void *data, size_t dlen, size_t *readbytes);
        int BIO_write_ex(BIO *b, const void *data, size_t dlen, size_t *written);

        int BIO_read(BIO *b, void *data, int dlen);
        int BIO_gets(BIO *b, char *buf, int size);
        int BIO_get_line(BIO *b, char *buf, int size);
        int BIO_write(BIO *b, const void *data, int dlen);
        int BIO_puts(BIO *b, const char *buf);

DESCRIPTION
       BIO_read_ex() attempts to read dlen bytes from BIO b and places the
       data in data. If any bytes were successfully read then the number of
       bytes read is stored in *readbytes.

       BIO_write_ex() attempts to write dlen bytes from data to BIO b.  If
       successful then the number of bytes written is stored in *written
       unless written is NULL.

       BIO_read() attempts to read len bytes from BIO b and places the data in
       buf.

       BIO_gets() performs the BIOs "gets" operation and places the data in
       buf. Usually this operation will attempt to read a line of data from
       the BIO of maximum length size-1. There are exceptions to this,
       however; for example, BIO_gets() on a digest BIO will calculate and
       return the digest and other BIOs may not support BIO_gets() at all.
       The returned string is always NUL-terminated and the '\n' is preserved
       if present in the input data.  On binary input there may be NUL
       characters within the string; in this case the return value (if
       nonnegative) may give an incorrect length.

       BIO_get_line() attempts to read from BIO b a line of data up to the
       next '\n' or the maximum length size-1 is reached and places the data
       in buf.  The returned string is always NUL-terminated and the '\n' is
       preserved if present in the input data.  On binary input there may be
       NUL characters within the string; in this case the return value (if
       nonnegative) gives the actual length read.  For implementing this,
       unfortunately the data needs to be read byte-by-byte.

       BIO_write() attempts to write len bytes from buf to BIO b.

       BIO_puts() attempts to write a NUL-terminated string buf to BIO b.

RETURN VALUES
       BIO_read_ex() returns 1 if data was successfully read, and 0 otherwise.

       BIO_write_ex() returns 1 if no error was encountered writing data, 0
       otherwise.  Requesting to write 0 bytes is not considered an error.

       BIO_write() returns -2 if the "write" operation is not implemented by
       the BIO or -1 on other errors.  Otherwise it returns the number of
       bytes written.  This may be 0 if the BIO b is NULL or dlen <= 0.

       BIO_gets() returns -2 if the "gets" operation is not implemented by the
       BIO or -1 on other errors.  Otherwise it typically returns the amount
       of data read, but depending on the implementation it may return only
       the length up to the first NUL character contained in the data read.
       In any case the trailing NUL that is added after the data read is not
       included in the length returned.

       All other functions return either the amount of data successfully read
       or written (if the return value is positive) or that no data was
       successfully read or written if the result is 0 or -1. If the return
       value is -2 then the operation is not implemented in the specific BIO
       type.

NOTES
       A 0 or -1 return is not necessarily an indication of an error. In
       particular when the source/sink is nonblocking or of a certain type it
       may merely be an indication that no data is currently available and
       that the application should retry the operation later.

       One technique sometimes used with blocking sockets is to use a system
       call (such as select(), poll() or equivalent) to determine when data is
       available and then call read() to read the data. The equivalent with
       BIOs (that is call select() on the underlying I/O structure and then
       call BIO_read() to read the data) should not be used because a single
       call to BIO_read() can cause several reads (and writes in the case of
       SSL BIOs) on the underlying I/O structure and may block as a result.
       Instead select() (or equivalent) should be combined with non blocking
       I/O so successive reads will request a retry instead of blocking.

       See BIO_should_retry(3) for details of how to determine the cause of a
       retry and other I/O issues.

       If the "gets" method is not supported by a BIO then BIO_get_line() can
       be used.  It is also possible to make BIO_gets() usable even if the
       "gets" method is not supported by adding a buffering BIO
       BIO_f_buffer(3) to the chain.

SEE ALSO
       BIO_should_retry(3)

HISTORY
       BIO_gets() on 1.1.0 and older when called on BIO_fd() based BIO did not
       keep the '\n' at the end of the line in the buffer.

       BIO_get_line() was added in OpenSSL 3.0.

       BIO_write_ex() returns 1 if the size of the data to write is 0 and the
       written parameter of the function can be NULL since OpenSSL 3.0.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2000-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

       Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
       this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
       in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
       <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.



3.0.12                            2023-05-07                       BIO_read(3)