cgi_url_validate(3)

NAME
cgi_url_validate - validate that url is of an allowed format

SYNOPSIS

#include <cgi/cgi.h>

NEOERR *cgi_url_validate (const char *buf, char **esc);

ARGUMENTS
buf - a 0 terminated string

DESCRIPTION
cgi_url_validate will check that a URL starts with one of the accepted safe schemes. If not, it returns "#" as a safe substitute. Currently accepted schemes are http, https, ftp and mailto. It then html escapes the entire URL so that it is safe to insert in an href attribute.

RETURN VALUE
esc - a newly allocated string

SEE ALSO
cgi_debug_init(3), cgi_parse(3), cgi_destroy(3), cgi_js_escape(3), cgi_html_escape_strfunc(3), cgi_register_strfuncs(3), cgi_output(3), parse_rfc2388(3), cgi_url_validate(3), open_upload(3), cgi_cs_init(3), cgi_url_escape_more(3), cgi_html_strip_strfunc(3), cgi_neo_error(3), cgi_redirect(3), cgi_filehandle(3), cgi_register_parse_cb(3), cgi_url_escape(3), cgi_init(3), cgi_redirect_uri(3), cgi_cookie_clear(3), cgi_url_unescape(3), cgi_vredirect(3), cgi_display(3), cgi_html_ws_strip(3), cgi_error(3), cgi_cookie_set(3), cgi_text_html_strfunc(3), cgi_cookie_authority