Vips.Image.get_string

### Method

# Vips Imageget_string

#### Declaration [src]

    int
    vips_image_get_string (
      const VipsImage* image,
      const char* name,
      const char** out
    )

#### Description [src]

Gets `out` from `im` under the name `name`. The field must be of type `G_TYPE_STRING` or `VIPS_TYPE_REF_STRING`.

Do not free `out`.

Use `vips_image_get_as_string()` to fetch any field as a string.

See also

`vips_image_get()`, `vips_image_get_typeof()`.

#### Parameters

`name`

  Type: `const char*`

  Field name.

  The data is owned by the caller of the method.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

`out`

  Type: `const char**`

  Return field value.

  The argument will be set by the function.
  The returned data is owned by the instance.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

#### Return value

Type: `int`

0 on success, -1 otherwise.