Method

VipsImagepngsave_buffer

Declaration [src]

int
vips_pngsave_buffer (
  VipsImage* in,
  void** buf,
  size_t* len,
  ...
)

Description [src]

As vips_pngsave(), but save to a memory buffer.

The address of the buffer is returned in buf, the length of the buffer in len. You are responsible for freeing the buffer with g_free() when you are done with it.

::: tip “Optional arguments” * compression: gint, compression level * interlace: gboolean, interlace image * filter: VipsForeignPngFilter, row filter flag(s) * palette: gboolean, enable quantisation to 8bpp palette * Q: gint, quality for 8bpp quantisation * dither: gdouble, amount of dithering for 8bpp quantization * bitdepth: gint, set write bit depth to 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 * effort: gint, quantisation CPU effort

::: seealso vips_pngsave(), vips_image_write_to_file().

Parameters

buf An array of guint8
 

Return output buffer here.

 The length of the array is specified in the len argument.
 The data is owned by the caller of the function.
len size_t*
 

Return output length here.

 The data is owned by the caller of the function.
... none
 

NULL-terminated list of optional named arguments.

Return value

Returns: int
 

0 on success, -1 on error.