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<H3><A NAME="SECTION000432000000000000000">&nbsp;</A>
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3.3.2 Connection objects 
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<P>
Connection objects have the following methods:

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-188'><tt class='method'>accept</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Call the <tt class="method">accept</tt> method of the underlying socket and set up SSL on the
returned socket, using the Context object supplied to this Connection object at
creation. Returns a pair <code>(<var>conn</var>, <var>address</var>)</code>. where <var>conn</var>
is the new Connection object created, and <var>address</var> is as returned by the
socket's <tt class="method">accept</tt>.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-189'><tt class='method'>bind</tt></a></b>(<var>address</var>)
<dd>
Call the <tt class="method">bind</tt> method of the underlying socket.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-190'><tt class='method'>close</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Call the <tt class="method">close</tt> method of the underlying socket. Note: If you want
correct SSL closure, you need to call the <tt class="method">shutdown</tt> method first.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-191'><tt class='method'>connect</tt></a></b>(<var>address</var>)
<dd>
Call the <tt class="method">connect</tt> method of the underlying socket and set up SSL on the
socket, using the Context object supplied to this Connection object at
creation.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-192'><tt class='method'>connect_ex</tt></a></b>(<var>address</var>)
<dd>
Call the <tt class="method">connect_ex</tt> method of the underlying socket and set up SSL on
the socket, using the Context object supplied to this Connection object at
creation. Note that if the <tt class="method">connect_ex</tt> method of the socket doesn't
return 0, SSL won't be initialized.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-193'><tt class='method'>do_handshake</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Perform an SSL handshake (usually called after <tt class="method">renegotiate</tt> or one of
<tt class="method">set_accept_state</tt> or <tt class="method">set_accept_state</tt>). This can raise the
same exceptions as <tt class="method">send</tt> and <tt class="method">recv</tt>.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-194'><tt class='method'>fileno</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Retrieve the file descriptor number for the underlying socket.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-195'><tt class='method'>listen</tt></a></b>(<var>backlog</var>)
<dd>
Call the <tt class="method">listen</tt> method of the underlying socket.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-196'><tt class='method'>get_app_data</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Retrieve application data as set by <tt class="method">set_app_data</tt>.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-197'><tt class='method'>get_cipher_list</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Retrieve the list of ciphers used by the Connection object. WARNING: This API
has changed. It used to take an optional parameter and just return a string,
but not it returns the entire list in one go.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-198'><tt class='method'>get_client_ca_list</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Retrieve the list of preferred client certificate issuers sent by the server
as <tt class="class">OpenSSL.crypto.X509Name</tt> objects.

<P>
If this is a client <tt class="class">Connection</tt>, the list will be empty until the
connection with the server is established.

<P>
If this is a server <tt class="class">Connection</tt>, return the list of certificate
authorities that will be sent or has been sent to the client, as controlled
by this <tt class="class">Connection</tt>'s <tt class="class">Context</tt>.

<P>

<span class='versionnote'>New in version 0.10.</span>

</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-199'><tt class='method'>get_context</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Retrieve the Context object associated with this Connection.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-200'><tt class='method'>set_context</tt></a></b>(<var>context</var>)
<dd>
Specify a replacement Context object for this Connection.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-201'><tt class='method'>get_peer_certificate</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Retrieve the other side's certificate (if any)
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-202'><tt class='method'>get_peer_cert_chain</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Retrieve the tuple of the other side's certificate chain (if any)
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-203'><tt class='method'>getpeername</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Call the <tt class="method">getpeername</tt> method of the underlying socket.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-204'><tt class='method'>getsockname</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Call the <tt class="method">getsockname</tt> method of the underlying socket.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-205'><tt class='method'>getsockopt</tt></a></b>(<var>level, optname</var><big>[</big><var>, buflen</var><big>]</big>)
<dd>
Call the <tt class="method">getsockopt</tt> method of the underlying socket.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-206'><tt class='method'>pending</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Retrieve the number of bytes that can be safely read from the SSL buffer
(<i>not</i> the underlying transport buffer).
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-207'><tt class='method'>recv</tt></a></b>(<var>bufsize</var>)
<dd>
Receive data from the Connection. The return value is a string representing the
data received. The maximum amount of data to be received at once, is specified
by <var>bufsize</var>.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-208'><tt class='method'>bio_write</tt></a></b>(<var>bytes</var>)
<dd>
If the Connection was created with a memory BIO, this method can be used to add
bytes to the read end of that memory BIO.  The Connection can then read the
bytes (for example, in response to a call to <tt class="method">recv</tt>).
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-209'><tt class='method'>renegotiate</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Renegotiate the SSL session. Call this if you wish to change cipher suites or
anything like that.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-210'><tt class='method'>send</tt></a></b>(<var>string</var>)
<dd>
Send the <var>string</var> data to the Connection.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-211'><tt class='method'>bio_read</tt></a></b>(<var>bufsize</var>)
<dd>
If the Connection was created with a memory BIO, this method can be used to
read bytes from the write end of that memory BIO.  Many Connection methods will
add bytes which must be read in this manner or the buffer will eventually fill
up and the Connection will be able to take no further actions.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-212'><tt class='method'>sendall</tt></a></b>(<var>string</var>)
<dd>
Send all of the <var>string</var> data to the Connection. This calls <tt class="method">send</tt>
repeatedly until all data is sent. If an error occurs, it's impossible to tell
how much data has been sent.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-213'><tt class='method'>set_accept_state</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Set the connection to work in server mode. The handshake will be handled
automatically by read/write.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-214'><tt class='method'>set_app_data</tt></a></b>(<var>data</var>)
<dd>
Associate <var>data</var> with this Connection object. <var>data</var> can be retrieved
later using the <tt class="method">get_app_data</tt> method.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-215'><tt class='method'>set_connect_state</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Set the connection to work in client mode. The handshake will be handled
automatically by read/write.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-216'><tt class='method'>setblocking</tt></a></b>(<var>flag</var>)
<dd>
Call the <tt class="method">setblocking</tt> method of the underlying socket.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-217'><tt class='method'>setsockopt</tt></a></b>(<var>level, optname, value</var>)
<dd>
Call the <tt class="method">setsockopt</tt> method of the underlying socket.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-218'><tt class='method'>shutdown</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Send the shutdown message to the Connection. Returns true if the shutdown
message exchange is completed and false otherwise (in which case you call
<tt class="method">recv()</tt> or <tt class="method">send()</tt> when the connection becomes
readable/writeable.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-219'><tt class='method'>get_shutdown</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Get the shutdown state of the Connection.  Returns a bitvector of either or
both of <var>SENT_SHUTDOWN</var> and <var>RECEIVED_SHUTDOWN</var>.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-220'><tt class='method'>set_shutdown</tt></a></b>(<var>state</var>)
<dd>
Set the shutdown state of the Connection.  <var>state</var> is a bitvector of
either or both of <var>SENT_SHUTDOWN</var> and <var>RECEIVED_SHUTDOWN</var>.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-221'><tt class='method'>sock_shutdown</tt></a></b>(<var>how</var>)
<dd>
Call the <tt class="method">shutdown</tt> method of the underlying socket.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-222'><tt class='method'>bio_shutdown</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
If the Connection was created with a memory BIO, this method can be used to
indicate that ``end of file'' has been reached on the read end of that memory
BIO.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-223'><tt class='method'>state_string</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Retrieve a verbose string detailing the state of the Connection.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-224'><tt class='method'>client_random</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Retrieve the random value used with the client hello message.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-225'><tt class='method'>server_random</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Retrieve the random value used with the server hello message.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-226'><tt class='method'>master_key</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Retrieve the value of the master key for this session.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-227'><tt class='method'>want_read</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Checks if more data has to be read from the transport layer to complete an
operation.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-228'><tt class='method'>want_write</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Checks if there is data to write to the transport layer to complete an
operation.
</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-229'><tt class='method'>set_tlsext_host_name</tt></a></b>(<var>name</var>)
<dd>
Specify the byte string to send as the server name in the client hello message.

<span class='versionnote'>New in version 0.13.</span>

</dl>

<P>
<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-230'><tt class='method'>get_servername</tt></a></b>()
<dd>
Get the value of the server name received in the client hello message.

<span class='versionnote'>New in version 0.13.</span>

</dl>

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