
nghttp2_select_next_protocol
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Synopsis
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*#include <nghttp2/nghttp2.h>*

.. function:: int nghttp2_select_next_protocol(unsigned char **out, unsigned char *outlen, const unsigned char *in, unsigned int inlen)

    
    A helper function for dealing with NPN in client side or ALPN in
    server side.  The *in* contains peer's protocol list in preferable
    order.  The format of *in* is length-prefixed and not
    null-terminated.  For example, ``h2`` and
    ``http/1.1`` stored in *in* like this::
    
        in[0] = 2
        in[1..2] = "h2"
        in[3] = 8
        in[4..11] = "http/1.1"
        inlen = 12
    
    The selection algorithm is as follows:
    
    1. If peer's list contains HTTP/2 protocol the library supports,
       it is selected and returns 1. The following step is not taken.
    
    2. If peer's list contains ``http/1.1``, this function selects
       ``http/1.1`` and returns 0.  The following step is not taken.
    
    3. This function selects nothing and returns -1 (So called
       non-overlap case).  In this case, *out* and *outlen* are left
       untouched.
    
    Selecting ``h2`` means that ``h2`` is written into *\*out* and its
    length (which is 2) is assigned to *\*outlen*.
    
    For ALPN, refer to https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7301
    
    See http://technotes.googlecode.com/git/nextprotoneg.html for more
    details about NPN.
    
    For NPN, to use this method you should do something like::
    
        static int select_next_proto_cb(SSL* ssl,
                                        unsigned char **out,
                                        unsigned char *outlen,
                                        const unsigned char *in,
                                        unsigned int inlen,
                                        void *arg)
        {
            int rv;
            rv = nghttp2_select_next_protocol(out, outlen, in, inlen);
            if (rv == -1) {
                return SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_NOACK;
            }
            if (rv == 1) {
                ((MyType*)arg)->http2_selected = 1;
            }
            return SSL_TLSEXT_ERR_OK;
        }
        ...
        SSL_CTX_set_next_proto_select_cb(ssl_ctx, select_next_proto_cb, my_obj);
    
