Method

EDataServerSourceAuthenticationget_credential_name

since: 3.16

Declaration [src]

const gchar*
e_source_authentication_get_credential_name (
  ESourceAuthentication* extension
)

Description [src]

Returns the credential name used to pass the stored or gathered credential (like password) into the e_source_invoke_authenticate(). This is a counterpart of the authentication method. The NULL means to use the default name, which is #E_SOURCE_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD.

Available since: 3.16

Return value

Type: const gchar*

The credential name to use for authentication, or NULL.

The returned data is owned by the instance.
The return value can be NULL.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.