[#ENGINE_get_cipher]
= ENGINE_get_cipher
:mrdocs:

Return the EVP_CIPHER that `e` provides for algorithm `nid.`

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/engine.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
[[deprecated]]
xref:EVP_CIPHER-07.adoc[EVP_CIPHER] const*
ENGINE_get_cipher(
    xref:ENGINE.adoc[ENGINE]* e,
    int nid);
----

[WARNING]
====
https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/deprecated[Deprecated^]. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.
====
== Return Value

Matching EVP_CIPHER, or NULL if `e` does not implement `nid.`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *e*
| ENGINE whose ciphers handler is queried.
| *nid*
| NID of the cipher algorithm to look up.
|===


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