Namespace

Purple – 3.0

Purple Universal Chat Library

Version	2.92.2
Authors	Pidgin Developers
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	https://keep.imfreedom.org/pidgin/pidgin/
Source	https://keep.imfreedom.org/pidgin/pidgin/

Build

C headers	`purple.h`
pkg-config files	`purple-3`

Dependencies

GLib—2.0	General-purpose, portable utility library.
	Browse documentation
GObject—2.0	The base type system library
	Browse documentation
GPlugin—1.0	GPlugin Plugin Library
	Browse documentation
Pango—1.0	Internationalized text layout and rendering
	Browse documentation

Additional documentation

Classes

Account	A `PurpleAccount` is the core configuration for connecting to a specific account. User interfaces typically allow users to create these in a dialog or wizard. since: 2.0
AccountManager	A manager that keeps track of all `PurpleAccount`s. unstable since: 3.0
AccountManagerBackend	A backend for `PurpleAccountManager` to store its data. unstable since: 3.0
AccountManagerNoopBackend	A `PurpleAccountManagerBackend` that doesn’t actually do anything. unstable since: 3.0
AddContactRequest	`PurpleAddContactRequest` is a data structure that contains all of the information when someone has added you to their contact list, so the user interface can ask the user to add the remote user to their contact list. unstable since: 3.0
Attachment	`PurpleAttachment` represents a file attached to a `PurpleMessage`. unstable since: 3.0
Attachments	A collection of `PurpleAttachment`‘s. unstable since: 3.0
AuthorizationRequest	`PurpleAuthorizationRequest` is a data structure that contains all of the information when someone has requested authorization to add you to their contact list. unstable since: 3.0
Badge	`PurpleBadge` is a data structure for badges. They are intended to be used on `PurpleConversationMembers` to display badges like “admin”, “moderator”, “broadcaster”, etc. unstable since: 3.0
BadgeManager	A cache for badges. unstable since: 3.0
Badges	`PurpleBadges` is a collection of `PurpleBadge`s sorted by their priority. This is intended to be used on `PurpleConversationMembers` and perhaps elsewhere to display information like “moderator”, “admin”, “broadcaster”, etc. Items with the highest priority will be at the start of the collection. unstable since: 3.0
ChannelJoinDetails	The details that are necessary for a `PurpleProtocol` to join a channel. A user interface will ask a protocol for a `PurpleChannelJoinDetails` and then fill it out and pass it back to the protocol to actually join a channel. unstable since: 3.0
Command	An object that represents a command. unstable since: 3.0
CommandManager	A manager of `PurpleCommand` objects. unstable since: 3.0
Connection	Represents an active connection on an account. since: 2.0
Contact	A contact is a concrete representation of a user in that it contains all of the contact information as well as a `PurpleAccount` to use that contact information with. since: 2.0
ContactInfo	The information about a contact. This information is used everywhere you need to refer to a user. Be it a chat, an direct message, a file transfer, etc. unstable since: 3.0
ContactManager	A manager for `PurpleContact`s. unstable since: 3.0
Contacts	A collection for `PurpleContact`s. unstable since: 3.0
Conversation	A core representation of a conversation between two or more people. since: 2.0
ConversationManager	`PurpleConversationManager` keeps track of all `PurpleConversation`‘s inside of libpurple and allows searching of them. unstable since: 3.0
ConversationMember	A conversation member links a `PurpleContactInfo` to a `PurpleConversation` as well as any data that is unique to the link. unstable since: 3.0
ConversationMembers	A collection of `PurpleConversationMember`s. unstable since: 3.0
CreateConversationDetails	The details that are necessary for a `PurpleProtocol` to create a conversation. unstable since: 3.0
CredentialManager	Purple Credential Manager is the main API access to different credential providers. Providers are added to the manager and then the user can choose which provider to use. unstable since: 3.0
CredentialProvider	`PurpleCredentialProvider` is an abstract base class for implementing support for a specific password or keyring manager. At the time of this writing, libpurple ships with plugins for libsecret, macOS Keychain Access, KWallet, and the Windows Credentials store by subclassing `PurpleCredentialProvider`. unstable since: 3.0
FileTransfer	A peer to peer file transfer object. unstable since: 3.0
FileTransferManager	Keeps track of the `PurpleFileTransfer`‘s that have been added to it and propagates all of their signals. unstable since: 3.0
HistoryAdapter	`PurpleHistoryAdapter` is a base class that should be sub classed by history adapters. It defines the behavior of all history adapters and implements some shared properties. unstable since: 3.0
HistoryManager	`PurpleHistoryManager` keeps track of all adapters and emits signals when adapters are added and removed. unstable since: 3.0
IdleManager	The idle manager keeps track of multiple idle sources and aggregates them to the oldest one to report a global idle state. unstable since: 3.0
Image	A container for raw image data. It doesn’t manipulate the image data, it just stores it in its binary format - png, jpeg etc. unstable since: 3.0
Message	`PurpleMessage` represents any message passed between users in libpurple. unstable since: 3.0
Messages	A read-only collection of `PurpleMessage`‘s and the `PurpleConversation` that they belong to. unstable since: 3.0
NoopCredentialProvider	`PurpleNoopCredentialProvider` is a `PurpleCredentialProvider` that does not actually provider credentials. It is used to implement the default behavior of requiring users to input passwords. unstable since: 3.0
Notification	An object that represents a notification. unstable since: 3.0
NotificationAddContact	A `PurpleNotification` for `PurpleAddContactRequest`s. unstable since: 3.0
NotificationAuthorizationRequest	A `PurpleNotification` for `PurpleAuthorizationRequest`s. unstable since: 3.0
NotificationConnectionError	A `PurpleNotification` for connection errors on `PurpleAccount`. unstable since: 3.0
NotificationLink	A `PurpleNotification` that contains a link for more information. unstable since: 3.0
NotificationManager	Purple Notification Manager manages all notifications between protocols and plugins and how the user interface interacts with them. unstable since: 3.0
Person	A collection of `PurpleContactInfo` that contains a user selectable custom avatar and alias. unstable since: 3.0
PluginInfo	`PurplePluginInfo` is a `GPluginPluginInfo` subclass that adds additional libpurple specific properties. unstable since: 3.0
Presence	A PurplePresence is like a collection of PurpleStatuses (plus some other random info). For any buddy, or for any one of your accounts, or for any person with which you’re chatting, you may know various amounts of information. This information is all contained in one PurplePresence. If one of your buddies is away and idle, then the presence contains the `PurpleStatus` for their awayness, and it contains their current idle time. `PurplePresence`‘s are never saved to disk. The information they contain is only relevant for the current Purple session. since: 2.0
PresenceManager	A manager for `PurpleSavedPresence`‘s. unstable since: 3.0
Protocol	`PurpleProtocol` is the base type for all protocols in libpurple. unstable since: 3.0
ProtocolManager	`PurpleProtocolManager` keeps track of all protocols and emits signals when protocols are added and removed. unstable since: 3.0
RequestField	A request field. unstable since: 3.0
RequestFieldAccount	An account request field. unstable since: 3.0
RequestFieldBool	A boolean request field. unstable since: 3.0
RequestFieldChoice	A choice request field. unstable since: 3.0
RequestFieldImage	An image request field. unstable since: 3.0
RequestFieldInt	An integer request field. unstable since: 3.0
RequestFieldLabel	A label request field. unstable since: 3.0
RequestFieldList	A list request field. unstable since: 3.0
RequestFieldString	A string request field. unstable since: 3.0
RequestGroup	A group of fields with a title. unstable since: 3.0
RequestPage	Multiple fields request data. unstable since: 3.0
SavedPresence	A data structure used to save a presence. unstable since: 3.0
ScheduledTask	An object that represents a scheduled task. unstable since: 3.0
Scheduler	An object that manages a collection of `PurpleScheduledTask`. unstable since: 3.0
SchedulerBackend	An object that manages a collection of `PurpleScheduledTask`. unstable since: 3.0
SqliteHistoryAdapter	`PurpleSqliteHistoryAdapter` is a class that allows interfacing with an SQLite database to store history. It is a subclass of `PurpleHistoryAdapter`. unstable since: 3.0
Tags	Tags is an object that can be used to keep track of arbitrary tags on objects. Tags are simple strings that use the first ‘:’ to delimit a value. For example: `foo` is a tag with just a name and no value, but `foo:bar` is a tag with a name and value. Also, `foo:` is still considered a name and value, but the value is an empty string. unstable since: 3.0
Ui	An abstract class representing a user interface. unstable since: 3.0
Whiteboard	A abstract whiteboard object. unstable since: 3.0
WhiteboardManager	`PurpleWhiteboardManager` keeps track of all whiteboards and emits signals when they are added and removed. unstable since: 3.0

Interfaces

DebugUi	`PurpleDebugUiInterface` defines the behavior that libpurple uses to interface the debug API with the user interface. unstable since: 3.0
ProtocolContacts	`PurpleProtocolContacts` provides methods for interacting with remote contacts. unstable since: 3.0
ProtocolConversation	This interface defines the behavior for interacting with conversations at the protocol layer. These methods will primarily be called by the user interface. unstable since: 3.0
ProtocolDirectory	Methods for directory listing in protocols. unstable since: 3.0
ProtocolFileTransfer	`PurpleProtocolFileTransfer` provides methods for sending and receiving files. unstable since: 3.0
ProtocolRoster	The `PurpleProtocolRoster` interface defines the behavior to tell a protocol when the users wants to manage contacts on the server side roster. unstable since: 3.0
ProtocolWhiteboard	The `PurpleProtocolWhiteboard` interface defines the behavior of a protocol’s whiteboard interface. unstable since: 3.0

Structs

AccountOption	An option for an account. since: 2.0
AccountUserSplit	A username split. since: 2.0
Core	The core instance for libpurple. since: 2.0
KeyValuePair	A key-value pair.
RequestCommonParameters	Common parameters for UI operations.
RequestUiOps	Request UI operations.
WhiteboardOps	Whiteboard protocol operations.
WhiteboardUiOps	The PurpleWhiteboard UI Operations. since: 2.0
XmlNode	XmlNode is a simplified API for handling XML. An XmlNode represents an XML element and has API for children as well as attributes. unstable since: 3.0

Enumerations

AccountManagerBackendError	Error codes returned by `PurpleAccountManagerBackend`. unstable since: 3.0
ConnectionError	Possible errors that can cause a connection to be closed. since: 2.0
ConnectionState	A representation of the state of a `PurpleConnection`. since: 2.0
ContactInfoPermission	A representation of whether or not a contact has permission to contact the user. unstable since: 3.0
ConversationType	The type of the conversation. This is mostly ignored, but could be useful in ways we can’t imagine right now. If you come up with one in the future, please let us know! unstable since: 3.0
CredentialManagerError	Error codes for the credential manager. unstable since: 3.0
DebugLevel	Available debug levels. since: 2.0
FileTransferState	The possible states that a file transfer can be in. unstable since: 3.0
NoopCredentialProviderError	Error codes for the no operation credential provider. unstable since: 3.0
PrefType	Preference data types. since: 2.0
PresencePrimitive	An enum that is used to determine the type of a `PurplePresence`. unstable since: 3.0
RequestFeature	Feature flags for the request api. unstable since: 3.0
RequestIconType	Constants to define which kind of icon should be displayed. unstable since: 3.0
RequestType	Request types. since: 2.0
ScheduledTaskState	The possible states that a task can be in. unstable since: 3.0
SchedulerBackendError	Error codes returned by `PurpleSchedulerBackend`. unstable since: 3.0
SchedulerError	Error codes returned by the scheduler. unstable since: 3.0
TypingState	Defines the state of a user composing a message. unstable since: 3.0
UiError	Error codes returned by the user interface abstraction. unstable since: 3.0
XmlNodeType	The valid types for an PurpleXmlNode. unstable since: 3.0

Bitfields

PluginInfoFlags

Flags that can be used to treat plugins differently.

unstable since: 3.0

ProtocolOptions

Protocol options.

since: 2.0

Error Domains

CreateConversationDetailsError	Error codes returned by create conversation details validation. unstable since: 3.0
ProtocolDirectoryError	Error codes returned by protocol directory. unstable since: 3.0
ProtocolError	Error codes returned by protocols. unstable since: 3.0
ScheduledTaskError	Error codes returned by scheduled tasks. unstable since: 3.0

Callbacks

MenuWalkFunc	Used as a parameter to `purple_menu_walk()`. While walking, `model` will be updated to point to the current section or submenu and will only be the model that was passed to `purple_menu_walk()` for its immediate children. unstable since: 3.0
RequestActionCb	The type of callbacks passed to purple_request_action(). The first argument is the user_data parameter; the second is the index in the list of actions of the one chosen. since: 2.0
RequestCancelCb	A callback that’s used to handle cancel actions. unstable since: 3.0
RequestChoiceCb	The type of callbacks passed to purple_request_choice(). The first argument is the user_data parameter; the second is the values of those choice. since: 2.0
RequestFieldAccountFilterFunc	A function that is called to determine if the account should be matched. unstable since: 3.0
RequestFieldsCb	The type of callbacks passed to purple_request_fields(). since: 2.0
RequestFieldValidator	A callback to check whether a field is valid. unstable since: 3.0
RequestFileCb	The type of callbacks passed to purple_request_file(). since: 2.0
RequestHelpCb	The type of callback passed to purple_request_cpar_set_help_cb(). unstable since: 3.0
RequestInputCb	The type of callback passed to purple_request_input(). since: 2.0

Functions

accounts_delete	Deletes an account. since: 2.0
accounts_init	Initializes the accounts subsystem. since: 2.0
accounts_schedule_save	Schedules saving of accounts. unstable since: 3.0
accounts_uninit	Uninitializes the accounts subsystem. since: 2.0
action_command_new	Create a new `action` command. unstable since: 3.0
cache_dir	Returns the purple cache directory according to XDG Base Directory Specification. This is usually $HOME/.cache/purple. If custom user dir was specified then this is cache sub-directory of DIR argument passed to -c option. unstable since: 3.0
config_dir	Returns the purple configuration directory according to XDG Base Directory Specification. This is usually $HOME/.config/purple. If custom user dir was specified then this is config sub-directory of DIR argument passed to -c option. unstable since: 3.0
data_dir	Returns the purple data directory according to XDG Base Directory Specification. This is usually $HOME/.local/share/purple. If custom user dir was specified then this is data sub-directory of DIR argument passed to -c option. unstable since: 3.0
debug	Outputs debug information. since: 2.0
debug_error	Outputs error level debug information. since: 2.0
debug_fatal	Outputs fatal error level debug information. since: 2.0
debug_info	Outputs info level debug information. since: 2.0
debug_init	Initializes the debug subsystem. since: 2.0
debug_is_unsafe	Check if unsafe debugging is enabled. Defaults to `FALSE`. since: 2.6
debug_is_verbose	Check if verbose logging is enabled. since: 2.6
debug_misc	Outputs misc. level debug information. since: 2.0
debug_set_unsafe	Enable or disable unsafe debugging. This ordinarily should only be called by purple_debug_init(), but there are cases where this can be useful for plugins. since: 2.6
debug_set_verbose	Enable or disable verbose debugging. This ordinarily should only be called by purple_debug_init(), but there are cases where this can be useful for plugins. since: 2.6
debug_warning	Outputs warning level debug information. since: 2.0
email_is_valid	Checks if the given email address is syntactically valid. since: 2.0
escape_filename	Escapes filesystem-unfriendly characters from a filename. since: 2.0
get_core	This is used to connect to core signals. since: 2.0
get_locale_dir	Gets the search directory for translations. unstable since: 3.0
get_option_group	Returns a `GOptionGroup` for the commandline arguments recognized by LibPurple. You should add this option group to your `GOptionContext` with g_option_context_add_group(), if you are using `g_option_context_parse()` to parse your commandline arguments. unstable since: 3.0
gio_graceful_close	Closes `input`, `output`, `stream`. If there are pending operations, it asynchronously waits for the operations to finish before closing the arguments. Ensure the Gio callbacks can safely handle this being done asynchronously. unstable since: 3.0
markup_linkify	Adds the necessary HTML code to turn URIs into HTML links in a string. since: 2.0
markup_strip_html	Strips HTML tags from a string. since: 2.0
menu_copy	Creates a full copy of `model` as a new `GMenu`. If `model` was not a `GMenu` instance, any additional functionality will be lost. unstable since: 3.0
menu_populate_dynamic_targets	Updates `menu` by adding a target property when an item with an attribute named “dynamic-target” is found. unstable since: 3.0
menu_populate_dynamic_targetsv	Updates `menu` by adding a target property when an item with an attribute named “dynamic-target” is found. unstable since: 3.0
menu_walk	Recursively calls `func` for each item in `model` and all of its children. unstable since: 3.0
network_discover_my_ip	Discovers the IP address that should be used anywhere a public IP addresses is needed (listening for an incoming file transfer, etc). unstable since: 3.0
network_force_online	Makes `purple_network_is_available()` always return `TRUE`. since: 2.6
network_get_my_ip_from_gio	Returns the IP address that should be used anywhere a public IP address is needed (listening for an incoming file transfer, etc). unstable since: 3.0
network_get_public_ip	Returns the IP address of the local system set in preferences. since: 2.0
network_get_stun_ip	Get the IP address of the STUN server as a string representation. since: 2.6
network_init	Initializes the network subsystem. since: 2.0
network_is_available	Detects if there is an available network connection. since: 2.0
network_set_public_ip	Sets the IP address of the local system in preferences. This is the IP address that should be used for incoming connections (file transfer, direct IM, etc.) and should therefore be publicly accessible. since: 2.0
network_set_stun_server	Update the STUN server IP given the host name Will result in a DNS query being executed asynchronous. since: 2.6
network_uninit	Shuts down the network subsystem. since: 2.0
plugin_disable	Disable a plugin. since: 2.3
plugin_get_dependent_plugins	Returns a list of plugins that depend on a particular plugin. unstable since: 3.0
plugin_get_info	Returns a plugin’s `PurplePluginInfo` instance. unstable since: 3.0
plugin_is_internal	Returns whether a plugin is an internal plugin. Internal plugins provide required additional functionality to the libpurple core. These plugins must not be shown in plugin lists. Examples of such plugins are in-tree protocol plugins, loaders etc. unstable since: 3.0
plugin_is_loaded	Returns whether or not a plugin is currently loaded. since: 2.0
plugin_load	Attempts to load a plugin. since: 2.0
plugin_unload	Unloads the specified plugin. since: 2.0
plugins_add_search_path	Add a new directory to search for plugins. since: 2.0
plugins_find_all	Returns a list of all plugins, whether loaded or not. unstable since: 3.0
plugins_get_loaded	Returns a list of all loaded plugins. since: 2.0
plugins_init	Initializes the plugin subsystem. since: 2.0
plugins_load_saved	Attempts to load all the plugins in the specified preference key that were loaded when purple last quit. since: 2.0
plugins_refresh	Forces a refresh of all plugins found in the search paths, and loads plugins that are to be auto-loaded. unstable since: 3.0
plugins_save_loaded	Saves the list of loaded plugins to the specified preference key. Plugins that are set to auto-load are not saved. since: 2.0
plugins_uninit	Uninitializes the plugin subsystem. since: 2.0
request_action	Prompts the user for an action. since: 2.0
request_action_varg	va_list version of purple_request_action(); see its documentation. since: 2.0
request_add_close_notify	Adds a function called when notification dialog is closed. unstable since: 3.0
request_choice	Prompts the user for multiple-choice input. since: 2.0
request_choice_varg	va_list version of purple_request_choice(); see its documentation. since: 2.0
request_close	Closes a request. since: 2.0
request_close_with_handle	Closes all requests registered with the specified handle. since: 2.0
request_cpar_from_account	Creates new parameters set initially bound with the `PurpleAccount`. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_from_connection	Creates new parameters set initially bound with the `PurpleConnection`. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_from_conversation	Creates new parameters set initially bound with the `PurpleConversation`. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_get_account	Gets the `PurpleAccount` associated with the request. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_get_conversation	Gets the `PurpleConversation` associated with the request. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_get_custom_icon	Gets the custom icon associated with the request. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_get_extra_actions	Gets extra actions for the PurpleRequestPage dialog. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_get_help_cb	Gets the callback for the Help button. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_get_icon	Gets the icon associated with the request. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_get_parent_from	Gets the parent “donor” for this dialog. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_is_compact	Gets dialog display mode. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_is_html	Checks, if the text passed to the request is HTML. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_new	Creates new parameters set for the request, which may or may not be used by the UI to display the request. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_ref	Increases the reference count on the parameters set. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_set_account	Sets the `PurpleAccount` associated with the request, or `NULL`, if none is. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_set_compact	Sets dialog display mode to compact or default. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_set_conversation	Sets the `PurpleConversation` associated with the request, or `NULL`, if none is. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_set_custom_icon	Sets the custom icon associated with the request. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_set_extra_actions	Sets extra actions for the PurpleRequestPage dialog. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_set_help_cb	Sets the callback for the Help button. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_set_html	Switches the request text to be HTML or not. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_set_icon	Sets the icon associated with the request. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_set_parent_from	Sets the same parent window for this dialog, as the parent of specified Notify API or Request API dialog UI handle. unstable since: 3.0
request_cpar_unref	Decreases the reference count on the parameters set. unstable since: 3.0
request_fields	Displays groups of fields for the user to fill in. since: 2.0
request_file	Displays a file selector request dialog. Returns the selected filename to the callback. Can be used for either opening a file or saving a file. since: 2.0
request_folder	Displays a folder select dialog. Returns the selected filename to the callback. since: 2.0
request_get_ui_ops	Returns the UI operations structure to be used when displaying a request. since: 2.0
request_input	Prompts the user for text input. since: 2.0
request_is_valid_ui_handle	Checks, if passed UI handle is valid. unstable since: 3.0
request_set_ui_ops	Sets the UI operations structure to be used when displaying a request. since: 2.0
request_wait	Displays a “please wait” dialog. unstable since: 3.0
request_wait_progress	Notifies the “please wait” dialog about progress has been made. unstable since: 3.0
request_wait_pulse	Notifies the “please wait” dialog that some progress has been made, but you don’t know how much. unstable since: 3.0
running_gnome	Check if running GNOME. since: 2.0
say_command_new	Creates a new `say` command. unstable since: 3.0
socket_listener_add_any_inet_port	Listens for TCP connections on any available port number for both IPv6 and IPv4 (if each is available). This is a simple wrapper around g_socket_listener_add_any_inet_port(), except if the user specified a port range in the settings, than a port will be chosen from that range. unstable since: 3.0
str_strip_char	Strips all instances of the given character from the given string. The string is modified in place. This is useful for stripping new line characters, for example. since: 2.0
str_wipe	Fills a NUL-terminated string with zeros and frees it. unstable since: 3.0
strmatches	Checks if `pattern` occurs in sequential order in `str` in a caseless fashion, ignoring characters in between. unstable since: 3.0
strreplace	Given a string, this replaces one substring with another and returns a newly allocated string. since: 2.0
tag_split	Splits a tag into its name and value parts. unstable since: 3.0
unescape_html	Unescapes HTML entities to their literal characters and converts “<br>” to “\n”. See `purple_unescape_text()` for more details. since: 2.0
unescape_text	Unescapes HTML entities to their literal characters in the text. For example “&” is replaced by ‘&’ and so on. Also converts numerical entities (e.g. “&” is also ‘&’). since: 2.7
utf8_strcasecmp	Compares two UTF-8 strings case-insensitively. This comparison is more expensive than a simple `g_utf8_collate()` comparison because it calls `g_utf8_casefold()` on each string, which allocates new strings. since: 2.0
utf8_try_convert	Attempts to convert a string to UTF-8 from an unknown encoding. since: 2.0
util_init	Initializes the utility subsystem. since: 2.3
util_read_xml_from_config_file	Read the contents of a given file and parse the results into an PurpleXmlNode tree structure. This is intended to be used to read Purple’s config xml files (prefs.xml, pounces.xml, etc.). unstable since: 3.0
util_set_user_dir	Define a custom purple settings directory, overriding the default (user’s home directory/.purple). since: 2.0
util_uninit	Uninitializes the util subsystem. since: 2.3
util_write_data_to_config_file	Write a string of data to a file of the given name in the Purple config directory ($HOME/.config/purple by default). unstable since: 3.0
version_check	Checks that the libpurple version is compatible with the requested version. since: 2.0

Function Macros

PLUGIN_ABI_MAJOR_VERSION	Extracts the purple major version from `abi`. unstable since: 3.0
PLUGIN_ABI_MINOR_VERSION	Extracts the purple minor version from `abi`. unstable since: 3.0
PLUGIN_ABI_VERSION	Packs `major` and `minor` into an integer to be used as an abi version for gplugin. unstable since: 3.0
request_accept_cancel	A wrapper for `purple_request_action()` that uses Accept and Cancel buttons. since: 2.0
request_ok_cancel	A wrapper for `purple_request_action()` that uses OK and Cancel buttons. since: 2.0
request_yes_no	A wrapper for `purple_request_action()` that uses Yes and No buttons. since: 2.0
VERSION_CHECK	Checks the version of libpurple being compiled against. See purple_version_check for a runtime check. since: 2.0

Constants

DEFAULT_ACTION_NONE	A constant to set no default action.
EXTRA_VERSION	The “extra” part of the version number if anything. Typical values are “devel”, “beta1”, “rc2”, etc.
MAJOR_VERSION	The major version of the running libpurple.
MENU_ATTRIBUTE_DYNAMIC_TARGET	A constant to help when defining actions that have a dynamic-target value.
MICRO_VERSION	The micro version of the running libpurple.
MINOR_VERSION	The minor version of the running libpurple.
VERSION	The entire version as a string.
VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED	A macro that should be defined by the user prior to including the `purple.h` header.

Dependencies

Additional documentation

Classes

Interfaces

Structs

Enumerations

Bitfields

Error Domains

Callbacks

Functions

Function Macros

purple_version_check for a runtime check.

Constants