### Method

# Gcr SecretExchange begin

#### Declaration [src]

    gchar*
    gcr_secret_exchange_begin (
      GcrSecretExchange* self
    )

#### Description [src]

Begin the secret exchange. The resulting string should be sent to the other side of the exchange. The other side should use `gcr_secret_exchange_receive()` to process the string.

#### Return value

Type: `gchar*`

A newly allocated string to be sent to the other side of the secret exchange.

The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.