libssh2/docs/libssh2_session_hostkey.md

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NAME

libssh2_session_hostkey - get the remote key

SYNOPSIS

#include <libssh2.h>

const char *libssh2_session_hostkey(LIBSSH2_SESSION *session,
                                    size_t *len, int *type);

DESCRIPTION

Returns a pointer to the current host key, the value len points to gets the length of the key.

The value type points to the type of hostkey which is one of: LIBSSH2_HOSTKEY_TYPE_RSA, LIBSSH2_HOSTKEY_TYPE_DSS (deprecated), or LIBSSH2_HOSTKEY_TYPE_UNKNOWN.

RETURN VALUE

A pointer, or NULL if something went wrong.