---
name: "gnutls_ocsp_req_get_nonce"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnutls"
version: "3.8.13-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnutls_ocsp_req_get_nonce"
---

# gnutls\_ocsp\_req\_get\_nonce(3)

API function

## NAME

gnutls\_ocsp\_req\_get\_nonce - API function

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<gnutls/ocsp.h\>**

**int gnutls\_ocsp\_req\_get\_nonce(gnutls\_ocsp\_req\_const\_t** *req***, unsigned int \*** *critical***, gnutls\_datum\_t \*** *nonce***);**

## ARGUMENTS

- gnutls\_ocsp\_req\_const\_t req

  should contain a **gnutls\_ocsp\_req\_t** type

- unsigned int \* critical

  whether nonce extension is marked critical, or NULL

- gnutls\_datum\_t \* nonce

  will hold newly allocated buffer with nonce data

## DESCRIPTION

This function will return the OCSP request nonce extension data.

The caller needs to deallocate memory by calling **gnutls\_free()** on\
  *nonce* -\>data.

## RETURNS

On success, **GNUTLS\_E\_SUCCESS** (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error code is returned.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to \<bugs@gnutls.org\>.\
 Home page: https://www.gnutls.org

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2001-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc., and others.\
 Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **gnutls** is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form visit

- https://www.gnutls.org/manual/