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=head1 NAME

ossl_store - Store retrieval functions

=head1 SYNOPSIS

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#include <openssl/store.h>

=head1 DESCRIPTION

=head2 General

A STORE is a layer of functionality to retrieve a number of supported
objects from a repository of any kind, addressable as a filename or
as a URI.

The functionality supports the pattern "open a channel to the
repository", "loop and retrieve one object at a time", and "finish up
by closing the channel".

The retrieved objects are returned as a wrapper type B<OSSL_STORE_INFO>,
from which an OpenSSL type can be retrieved.

=head2 URI schemes and loaders

Support for a URI scheme is called a STORE "loader", and can be added
dynamically from the calling application or from a loadable engine.

Support for the 'file' scheme is built into C<libcrypto>.
See L<ossl_store-file(7)> for more information.

=head2 UI_METHOD and pass phrases

The B<OSS_STORE> API does nothing to enforce any specific format or
encoding on the pass phrase that the B<UI_METHOD> provides.  However,
the pass phrase is expected to be UTF-8 encoded.  The result of any
other encoding is undefined.

=head1 EXAMPLES

=head2 A generic call

 #include <openssl/ui.h> /* for UI_get_default_method */
 #include <openssl/store.h>

 OSSL_STORE_CTX *ctx = OSSL_STORE_open("file:/foo/bar/data.pem",
                        UI_get_default_method(), NULL, NULL, NULL);

 /*
  * OSSL_STORE_eof() simulates file semantics for any repository to signal
  * that no more data can be expected
  */
 while (!OSSL_STORE_eof(ctx)) {
     OSSL_STORE_INFO *info = OSSL_STORE_load(ctx);

     /*
      * Do whatever is necessary with the OSSL_STORE_INFO,
      * here just one example
      */
     switch (OSSL_STORE_INFO_get_type(info)) {
     case OSSL_STORE_INFO_CERT:
         /* Print the X.509 certificate text */
         X509_print_fp(stdout, OSSL_STORE_INFO_get0_CERT(info));
         /* Print the X.509 certificate PEM output */
         PEM_write_X509(stdout, OSSL_STORE_INFO_get0_CERT(info));
         break;
     }
     OSSL_STORE_INFO_free(info);
 }

 OSSL_STORE_close(ctx);

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<OSSL_STORE_INFO(3)>, L<OSSL_STORE_LOADER(3)>,
L<OSSL_STORE_open(3)>, L<OSSL_STORE_expect(3)>,
L<OSSL_STORE_SEARCH(3)>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2016-2024 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
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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