[#EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY]
= EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY
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Return a new reference to the EC_KEY held by `pkey` (deprecated).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/evp.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
[[deprecated]]
xref:ec_key_st.adoc[ec_key_st]*
EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY(xref:EVP_PKEY.adoc[EVP_PKEY]* pkey);
----

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

EC_KEY with an incremented reference count, or NULL if not an EC key; free with EC_KEY_free().

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *pkey*
| Key that must hold an EC key.
|===


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