flux_request_encode(3)

SYNOPSIS

#include <flux/core.h>

flux_msg_t *flux_request_encode (const char *topic, const char *s);

flux_msg_t *flux_request_encode_raw (const char *topic,
                                     void *data,
                                     int len);

Link with -lflux-core.

DESCRIPTION

flux_request_encode() encodes a request message with topic string topic and optional NULL terminated string payload s. The newly constructed message that is returned must be destroyed with flux_msg_destroy().

flux_request_encode_raw() encodes a request message with topic string topic. If data is non-NULL its contents will be used as the message payload, and the payload type set to raw.

RETURN VALUE

These functions return a message on success. On error, NULL is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

EINVAL: The topic argument was NULL or s is not NULL terminated.
ENOMEM: Memory was unavailable.

RESOURCES

Flux: http://flux-framework.org

Flux RFC: https://flux-framework.readthedocs.io/projects/flux-rfc