### Method

# Gio DtlsConnection handshake

since: 2.48

#### Declaration

    gboolean
    g_dtls_connection_handshake (
      GDtlsConnection* conn,
      GCancellable* cancellable,
      GError** error
    )

#### Description

Attempts a TLS handshake on `conn`.

On the client side, it is never necessary to call this method; although the connection needs to perform a handshake after connecting, `GDtlsConnection` will handle this for you automatically when you try to send or receive data on the connection. You can call `g_dtls_connection_handshake()` manually if you want to know whether the initial handshake succeeded or failed (as opposed to just immediately trying to use `conn` to read or write, in which case, if it fails, it may not be possible to tell if it failed before or after completing the handshake), but beware that servers may reject client authentication after the handshake has completed, so a successful handshake does not indicate the connection will be usable.

Likewise, on the server side, although a handshake is necessary at the beginning of the communication, you do not need to call this function explicitly unless you want clearer error reporting.

Previously, calling `g_dtls_connection_handshake()` after the initial handshake would trigger a rehandshake; however, this usage was deprecated in GLib 2.60 because rehandshaking was removed from the TLS protocol in TLS 1.3. Since GLib 2.64, calling this function after the initial handshake will no longer do anything.

`GDtlsConnection::accept_certificate` may be emitted during the handshake.

Available since: 2.48

#### Parameters

`cancellable`

  Type: `GCancellable`

  A `GCancellable`, or `NULL`.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  The data is owned by the caller of the method.

`error`

  Type: `GError **`

  The return location for a recoverable error.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  If the return location is not `NULL`, then you must initialize it to a `NULL` `GError*`.
  The argument will be left initialized to `NULL` by the method if there are no errors.
  In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated `GError`; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

#### Return value

Type: `gboolean`

Success or failure.