debian man page for cgi_url_validate

cgi_url_validate(3)						     cgi/cgi.h						       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.  Cur-
       rently 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

ClearSilver							   12 July 2007 					       cgi_url_validate(3)