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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2024 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
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+ *
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+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef GRPC_CREDENTIALS_H
+#define GRPC_CREDENTIALS_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include <grpc/grpc.h>
+#include <grpc/grpc_security_constants.h>
+#include <grpc/support/port_platform.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/** --- grpc_call_credentials object ---
+
+   A call credentials object represents a way to authenticate on a particular
+   call. These credentials can be composed with a channel credentials object
+   so that they are sent with every call on this channel.  */
+
+typedef struct grpc_call_credentials grpc_call_credentials;
+typedef struct grpc_auth_context grpc_auth_context;
+
+/** Creates a JWT credentials object. May return NULL if the input is invalid.
+   - json_key is the JSON key string containing the client's private key.
+   - token_lifetime is the lifetime of each Json Web Token (JWT) created with
+     this credentials.  It should not exceed grpc_max_auth_token_lifetime or
+     will be cropped to this value.  */
+GRPCAPI grpc_call_credentials*
+grpc_service_account_jwt_access_credentials_create(const char* json_key,
+                                                   gpr_timespec token_lifetime,
+                                                   void* reserved);
+
+/** Builds External Account credentials.
+ - json_string is the JSON string containing the credentials options.
+ - scopes_string contains the scopes to be binded with the credentials.
+   This API is used for experimental purposes for now and may change in the
+ future. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_call_credentials* grpc_external_account_credentials_create(
+    const char* json_string, const char* scopes_string);
+
+/** Creates an Oauth2 Refresh Token credentials object for connecting to Google.
+   May return NULL if the input is invalid.
+   WARNING: Do NOT use this credentials to connect to a non-google service as
+   this could result in an oauth2 token leak.
+   - json_refresh_token is the JSON string containing the refresh token itself
+     along with a client_id and client_secret. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_call_credentials* grpc_google_refresh_token_credentials_create(
+    const char* json_refresh_token, void* reserved);
+
+/** Creates an Oauth2 Access Token credentials with an access token that was
+   acquired by an out of band mechanism. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_call_credentials* grpc_access_token_credentials_create(
+    const char* access_token, void* reserved);
+
+/** Creates an IAM credentials object for connecting to Google. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_call_credentials* grpc_google_iam_credentials_create(
+    const char* authorization_token, const char* authority_selector,
+    void* reserved);
+
+/** Options for creating STS Oauth Token Exchange credentials following the IETF
+   draft https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-token-exchange-16.
+   Optional fields may be set to NULL or empty string. It is the responsibility
+   of the caller to ensure that the subject and actor tokens are refreshed on
+   disk at the specified paths. This API is used for experimental purposes for
+   now and may change in the future. */
+typedef struct {
+  const char* token_exchange_service_uri; /* Required. */
+  const char* resource;                   /* Optional. */
+  const char* audience;                   /* Optional. */
+  const char* scope;                      /* Optional. */
+  const char* requested_token_type;       /* Optional. */
+  const char* subject_token_path;         /* Required. */
+  const char* subject_token_type;         /* Required. */
+  const char* actor_token_path;           /* Optional. */
+  const char* actor_token_type;           /* Optional. */
+} grpc_sts_credentials_options;
+
+/** Creates an STS credentials following the STS Token Exchanged specified in
+   the IETF draft
+   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-token-exchange-16. This API is
+   used for experimental purposes for now and may change in the future. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_call_credentials* grpc_sts_credentials_create(
+    const grpc_sts_credentials_options* options, void* reserved);
+
+/** Context that can be used by metadata credentials plugin in order to create
+   auth related metadata. */
+typedef struct {
+  /** The fully qualifed service url. */
+  const char* service_url;
+
+  /** The method name of the RPC being called (not fully qualified).
+     The fully qualified method name can be built from the service_url:
+     full_qualified_method_name = ctx->service_url + '/' + ctx->method_name. */
+  const char* method_name;
+
+  /** The auth_context of the channel which gives the server's identity. */
+  const grpc_auth_context* channel_auth_context;
+
+  /** Reserved for future use. */
+  void* reserved;
+} grpc_auth_metadata_context;
+
+/** Performs a deep copy from \a from to \a to. **/
+GRPCAPI void grpc_auth_metadata_context_copy(grpc_auth_metadata_context* from,
+                                             grpc_auth_metadata_context* to);
+
+/** Releases internal resources held by \a context. **/
+GRPCAPI void grpc_auth_metadata_context_reset(
+    grpc_auth_metadata_context* context);
+
+/** Callback function to be called by the metadata credentials plugin
+   implementation when the metadata is ready.
+   - user_data is the opaque pointer that was passed in the get_metadata method
+     of the grpc_metadata_credentials_plugin (see below).
+   - creds_md is an array of credentials metadata produced by the plugin. It
+     may be set to NULL in case of an error.
+   - num_creds_md is the number of items in the creds_md array.
+   - status must be GRPC_STATUS_OK in case of success or another specific error
+     code otherwise.
+   - error_details contains details about the error if any. In case of success
+     it should be NULL and will be otherwise ignored. */
+typedef void (*grpc_credentials_plugin_metadata_cb)(
+    void* user_data, const grpc_metadata* creds_md, size_t num_creds_md,
+    grpc_status_code status, const char* error_details);
+
+/** Maximum number of metadata entries returnable by a credentials plugin via
+    a synchronous return. */
+#define GRPC_METADATA_CREDENTIALS_PLUGIN_SYNC_MAX 4
+
+/** grpc_metadata_credentials plugin is an API user provided structure used to
+   create grpc_credentials objects that can be set on a channel (composed) or
+   a call. See grpc_credentials_metadata_create_from_plugin below.
+   The grpc client stack will call the get_metadata method of the plugin for
+   every call in scope for the credentials created from it. */
+typedef struct {
+  /** The implementation of this method has to be non-blocking, but can
+     be performed synchronously or asynchronously.
+
+     If processing occurs synchronously, returns non-zero and populates
+     creds_md, num_creds_md, status, and error_details.  In this case,
+     the caller takes ownership of the entries in creds_md and of
+     error_details.  Note that if the plugin needs to return more than
+     GRPC_METADATA_CREDENTIALS_PLUGIN_SYNC_MAX entries in creds_md, it must
+     return asynchronously.
+
+     If processing occurs asynchronously, returns zero and invokes \a cb
+     when processing is completed.  \a user_data will be passed as the
+     first parameter of the callback.  NOTE: \a cb MUST be invoked in a
+     different thread, not from the thread in which \a get_metadata() is
+     invoked.
+
+     \a context is the information that can be used by the plugin to create
+     auth metadata. */
+  int (*get_metadata)(
+      void* state, grpc_auth_metadata_context context,
+      grpc_credentials_plugin_metadata_cb cb, void* user_data,
+      grpc_metadata creds_md[GRPC_METADATA_CREDENTIALS_PLUGIN_SYNC_MAX],
+      size_t* num_creds_md, grpc_status_code* status,
+      const char** error_details);
+
+  /** Implements debug string of the given plugin. This method returns an
+   * allocated string that the caller needs to free using gpr_free() */
+  char* (*debug_string)(void* state);
+
+  /** Destroys the plugin state. */
+  void (*destroy)(void* state);
+
+  /** State that will be set as the first parameter of the methods above. */
+  void* state;
+
+  /** Type of credentials that this plugin is implementing. */
+  const char* type;
+} grpc_metadata_credentials_plugin;
+
+/** Creates a credentials object from a plugin with a specified minimum security
+ * level. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_call_credentials* grpc_metadata_credentials_create_from_plugin(
+    grpc_metadata_credentials_plugin plugin,
+    grpc_security_level min_security_level, void* reserved);
+
+/** --- channel credentials --- */
+
+/** Releases a call credentials object.
+   The creator of the credentials object is responsible for its release. */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_call_credentials_release(grpc_call_credentials* creds);
+
+/** Creates default credentials to connect to a google gRPC service.
+   WARNING: Do NOT use this credentials to connect to a non-google service as
+   this could result in an oauth2 token leak. The security level of the
+   resulting connection is GRPC_PRIVACY_AND_INTEGRITY.
+
+   If specified, the supplied call credentials object will be attached to the
+   returned channel credentials object. The call_credentials object must remain
+   valid throughout the lifetime of the returned grpc_channel_credentials
+   object. It is expected that the call credentials object was generated
+   according to the Application Default Credentials mechanism and asserts the
+   identity of the default service account of the machine. Supplying any other
+   sort of call credential will result in undefined behavior, up to and
+   including the sudden and unexpected failure of RPCs.
+
+   If nullptr is supplied, the returned channel credentials object will use a
+   call credentials object based on the Application Default Credentials
+   mechanism.
+*/
+GRPCAPI grpc_channel_credentials* grpc_google_default_credentials_create(
+    grpc_call_credentials* call_credentials);
+
+/** Server certificate config object holds the server's public certificates and
+   associated private keys, as well as any CA certificates needed for client
+   certificate validation (if applicable). Create using
+   grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config_create(). */
+typedef struct grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config
+    grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config;
+
+/** Object that holds a private key / certificate chain pair in PEM format. */
+typedef struct {
+  /** private_key is the NULL-terminated string containing the PEM encoding of
+     the client's private key. */
+  const char* private_key;
+
+  /** cert_chain is the NULL-terminated string containing the PEM encoding of
+     the client's certificate chain. */
+  const char* cert_chain;
+} grpc_ssl_pem_key_cert_pair;
+
+/** Creates a grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config object.
+   - pem_roots_cert is the NULL-terminated string containing the PEM encoding of
+     the client root certificates. This parameter may be NULL if the server does
+     not want the client to be authenticated with SSL.
+   - pem_key_cert_pairs is an array private key / certificate chains of the
+     server. This parameter cannot be NULL.
+   - num_key_cert_pairs indicates the number of items in the private_key_files
+     and cert_chain_files parameters. It must be at least 1.
+   - It is the caller's responsibility to free this object via
+     grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config_destroy(). */
+GRPCAPI grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config*
+grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config_create(
+    const char* pem_root_certs,
+    const grpc_ssl_pem_key_cert_pair* pem_key_cert_pairs,
+    size_t num_key_cert_pairs);
+
+/** Destroys a grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config object. */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config_destroy(
+    grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config* config);
+
+/** Callback to retrieve updated SSL server certificates, private keys, and
+   trusted CAs (for client authentication).
+    - user_data parameter, if not NULL, contains opaque data to be used by the
+      callback.
+    - Use grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config_create to create the config.
+    - The caller assumes ownership of the config. */
+typedef grpc_ssl_certificate_config_reload_status (
+    *grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config_callback)(
+    void* user_data, grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config** config);
+
+/** Deprecated in favor of grpc_ssl_verify_peer_options. It will be removed
+  after all of its call sites are migrated to grpc_ssl_verify_peer_options.
+  Object that holds additional peer-verification options on a secure
+  channel. */
+typedef struct {
+  /** If non-NULL this callback will be invoked with the expected
+     target_name, the peer's certificate (in PEM format), and whatever
+     userdata pointer is set below. If a non-zero value is returned by this
+     callback then it is treated as a verification failure. Invocation of
+     the callback is blocking, so any implementation should be light-weight.
+     */
+  int (*verify_peer_callback)(const char* target_name, const char* peer_pem,
+                              void* userdata);
+  /** Arbitrary userdata that will be passed as the last argument to
+     verify_peer_callback. */
+  void* verify_peer_callback_userdata;
+  /** A destruct callback that will be invoked when the channel is being
+     cleaned up. The userdata argument will be passed to it. The intent is
+     to perform any cleanup associated with that userdata. */
+  void (*verify_peer_destruct)(void* userdata);
+} verify_peer_options;
+
+/** Object that holds additional peer-verification options on a secure
+   channel. */
+typedef struct {
+  /** If non-NULL this callback will be invoked with the expected
+     target_name, the peer's certificate (in PEM format), and whatever
+     userdata pointer is set below. If a non-zero value is returned by this
+     callback then it is treated as a verification failure. Invocation of
+     the callback is blocking, so any implementation should be light-weight.
+     */
+  int (*verify_peer_callback)(const char* target_name, const char* peer_pem,
+                              void* userdata);
+  /** Arbitrary userdata that will be passed as the last argument to
+     verify_peer_callback. */
+  void* verify_peer_callback_userdata;
+  /** A destruct callback that will be invoked when the channel is being
+     cleaned up. The userdata argument will be passed to it. The intent is
+     to perform any cleanup associated with that userdata. */
+  void (*verify_peer_destruct)(void* userdata);
+} grpc_ssl_verify_peer_options;
+
+/** Deprecated in favor of grpc_ssl_server_credentials_create_ex. It will be
+   removed after all of its call sites are migrated to
+   grpc_ssl_server_credentials_create_ex. Creates an SSL credentials object.
+   The security level of the resulting connection is GRPC_PRIVACY_AND_INTEGRITY.
+   - pem_root_certs is the NULL-terminated string containing the PEM encoding
+     of the server root certificates. If this parameter is NULL, the
+     implementation will first try to dereference the file pointed by the
+     GRPC_DEFAULT_SSL_ROOTS_FILE_PATH environment variable, and if that fails,
+     try to get the roots set by grpc_override_ssl_default_roots. Eventually,
+     if all these fail, it will try to get the roots from a well-known place on
+     disk (in the grpc install directory).
+
+     gRPC has implemented root cache if the underlying OpenSSL library supports
+     it. The gRPC root certificates cache is only applicable on the default
+     root certificates, which is used when this parameter is nullptr. If user
+     provides their own pem_root_certs, when creating an SSL credential object,
+     gRPC would not be able to cache it, and each subchannel will generate a
+     copy of the root store. So it is recommended to avoid providing large room
+     pem with pem_root_certs parameter to avoid excessive memory consumption,
+     particularly on mobile platforms such as iOS.
+   - pem_key_cert_pair is a pointer on the object containing client's private
+     key and certificate chain. This parameter can be NULL if the client does
+     not have such a key/cert pair.
+   - verify_options is an optional verify_peer_options object which holds
+     additional options controlling how peer certificates are verified. For
+     example, you can supply a callback which receives the peer's certificate
+     with which you can do additional verification. Can be NULL, in which
+     case verification will retain default behavior. Any settings in
+     verify_options are copied during this call, so the verify_options
+     object can be released afterwards. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_channel_credentials* grpc_ssl_credentials_create(
+    const char* pem_root_certs, grpc_ssl_pem_key_cert_pair* pem_key_cert_pair,
+    const verify_peer_options* verify_options, void* reserved);
+
+/* Creates an SSL credentials object.
+   The security level of the resulting connection is GRPC_PRIVACY_AND_INTEGRITY.
+   - pem_root_certs is the NULL-terminated string containing the PEM encoding
+     of the server root certificates. If this parameter is NULL, the
+     implementation will first try to dereference the file pointed by the
+     GRPC_DEFAULT_SSL_ROOTS_FILE_PATH environment variable, and if that fails,
+     try to get the roots set by grpc_override_ssl_default_roots. Eventually,
+     if all these fail, it will try to get the roots from a well-known place on
+     disk (in the grpc install directory).
+
+     gRPC has implemented root cache if the underlying OpenSSL library supports
+     it. The gRPC root certificates cache is only applicable on the default
+     root certificates, which is used when this parameter is nullptr. If user
+     provides their own pem_root_certs, when creating an SSL credential object,
+     gRPC would not be able to cache it, and each subchannel will generate a
+     copy of the root store. So it is recommended to avoid providing large room
+     pem with pem_root_certs parameter to avoid excessive memory consumption,
+     particularly on mobile platforms such as iOS.
+   - pem_key_cert_pair is a pointer on the object containing client's private
+     key and certificate chain. This parameter can be NULL if the client does
+     not have such a key/cert pair.
+   - verify_options is an optional verify_peer_options object which holds
+     additional options controlling how peer certificates are verified. For
+     example, you can supply a callback which receives the peer's certificate
+     with which you can do additional verification. Can be NULL, in which
+     case verification will retain default behavior. Any settings in
+     verify_options are copied during this call, so the verify_options
+     object can be released afterwards. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_channel_credentials* grpc_ssl_credentials_create_ex(
+    const char* pem_root_certs, grpc_ssl_pem_key_cert_pair* pem_key_cert_pair,
+    const grpc_ssl_verify_peer_options* verify_options, void* reserved);
+
+/** --- server credentials --- */
+
+/** Deprecated in favor of grpc_ssl_server_credentials_create_ex.
+   Creates an SSL server_credentials object.
+   - pem_roots_cert is the NULL-terminated string containing the PEM encoding of
+     the client root certificates. This parameter may be NULL if the server does
+     not want the client to be authenticated with SSL.
+   - pem_key_cert_pairs is an array private key / certificate chains of the
+     server. This parameter cannot be NULL.
+   - num_key_cert_pairs indicates the number of items in the private_key_files
+     and cert_chain_files parameters. It should be at least 1.
+   - force_client_auth, if set to non-zero will force the client to authenticate
+     with an SSL cert. Note that this option is ignored if pem_root_certs is
+     NULL. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_server_credentials* grpc_ssl_server_credentials_create(
+    const char* pem_root_certs, grpc_ssl_pem_key_cert_pair* pem_key_cert_pairs,
+    size_t num_key_cert_pairs, int force_client_auth, void* reserved);
+
+/** Deprecated in favor of grpc_ssl_server_credentials_create_with_options.
+   Same as grpc_ssl_server_credentials_create method except uses
+   grpc_ssl_client_certificate_request_type enum to support more ways to
+   authenticate client certificates.*/
+GRPCAPI grpc_server_credentials* grpc_ssl_server_credentials_create_ex(
+    const char* pem_root_certs, grpc_ssl_pem_key_cert_pair* pem_key_cert_pairs,
+    size_t num_key_cert_pairs,
+    grpc_ssl_client_certificate_request_type client_certificate_request,
+    void* reserved);
+
+typedef struct grpc_ssl_server_credentials_options
+    grpc_ssl_server_credentials_options;
+
+/** Creates an options object using a certificate config. Use this method when
+   the certificates and keys of the SSL server will not change during the
+   server's lifetime.
+   - Takes ownership of the certificate_config parameter. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_ssl_server_credentials_options*
+grpc_ssl_server_credentials_create_options_using_config(
+    grpc_ssl_client_certificate_request_type client_certificate_request,
+    grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config* certificate_config);
+
+/** Creates an options object using a certificate config fetcher. Use this
+   method to reload the certificates and keys of the SSL server without
+   interrupting the operation of the server. Initial certificate config will be
+   fetched during server initialization.
+   - user_data parameter, if not NULL, contains opaque data which will be passed
+     to the fetcher (see definition of
+     grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config_callback). */
+GRPCAPI grpc_ssl_server_credentials_options*
+grpc_ssl_server_credentials_create_options_using_config_fetcher(
+    grpc_ssl_client_certificate_request_type client_certificate_request,
+    grpc_ssl_server_certificate_config_callback cb, void* user_data);
+
+/** Destroys a grpc_ssl_server_credentials_options object. */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_ssl_server_credentials_options_destroy(
+    grpc_ssl_server_credentials_options* options);
+
+/** Creates an SSL server_credentials object using the provided options struct.
+    - Takes ownership of the options parameter. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_server_credentials*
+grpc_ssl_server_credentials_create_with_options(
+    grpc_ssl_server_credentials_options* options);
+
+/** --- Auth Metadata Processing --- */
+
+/** Callback function that is called when the metadata processing is done.
+   - Consumed metadata will be removed from the set of metadata available on the
+     call. consumed_md may be NULL if no metadata has been consumed.
+   - Response metadata will be set on the response. response_md may be NULL.
+   - status is GRPC_STATUS_OK for success or a specific status for an error.
+     Common error status for auth metadata processing is either
+     GRPC_STATUS_UNAUTHENTICATED in case of an authentication failure or
+     GRPC_STATUS PERMISSION_DENIED in case of an authorization failure.
+   - error_details gives details about the error. May be NULL. */
+typedef void (*grpc_process_auth_metadata_done_cb)(
+    void* user_data, const grpc_metadata* consumed_md, size_t num_consumed_md,
+    const grpc_metadata* response_md, size_t num_response_md,
+    grpc_status_code status, const char* error_details);
+
+/** Pluggable server-side metadata processor object. */
+typedef struct {
+  /** The context object is read/write: it contains the properties of the
+     channel peer and it is the job of the process function to augment it with
+     properties derived from the passed-in metadata.
+     The lifetime of these objects is guaranteed until cb is invoked. */
+  void (*process)(void* state, grpc_auth_context* context,
+                  const grpc_metadata* md, size_t num_md,
+                  grpc_process_auth_metadata_done_cb cb, void* user_data);
+  void (*destroy)(void* state);
+  void* state;
+} grpc_auth_metadata_processor;
+
+GRPCAPI void grpc_server_credentials_set_auth_metadata_processor(
+    grpc_server_credentials* creds, grpc_auth_metadata_processor processor);
+
+/** --- composite credentials --- */
+
+/** Creates a composite call credentials object. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_call_credentials* grpc_composite_call_credentials_create(
+    grpc_call_credentials* creds1, grpc_call_credentials* creds2,
+    void* reserved);
+
+/** Creates a compute engine credentials object for connecting to Google.
+   WARNING: Do NOT use this credentials to connect to a non-google service as
+   this could result in an oauth2 token leak. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_call_credentials* grpc_google_compute_engine_credentials_create(
+    void* reserved);
+
+/** Creates a composite channel credentials object. The security level of
+ * resulting connection is determined by channel_creds. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_channel_credentials* grpc_composite_channel_credentials_create(
+    grpc_channel_credentials* channel_creds, grpc_call_credentials* call_creds,
+    void* reserved);
+
+/** --- ALTS channel/server credentials --- **/
+
+/**
+ * Main interface for ALTS credentials options. The options will contain
+ * information that will be passed from grpc to TSI layer such as RPC protocol
+ * versions. ALTS client (channel) and server credentials will have their own
+ * implementation of this interface. The APIs listed in this header are
+ * thread-compatible. It is used for experimental purpose for now and subject
+ * to change.
+ */
+typedef struct grpc_alts_credentials_options grpc_alts_credentials_options;
+
+/**
+ * This method creates a grpc ALTS credentials client options instance.
+ * It is used for experimental purpose for now and subject to change.
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_alts_credentials_options*
+grpc_alts_credentials_client_options_create(void);
+
+/**
+ * This method creates a grpc ALTS credentials server options instance.
+ * It is used for experimental purpose for now and subject to change.
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_alts_credentials_options*
+grpc_alts_credentials_server_options_create(void);
+
+/**
+ * This method adds a target service account to grpc client's ALTS credentials
+ * options instance. It is used for experimental purpose for now and subject
+ * to change.
+ *
+ * - options: grpc ALTS credentials options instance.
+ * - service_account: service account of target endpoint.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_alts_credentials_client_options_add_target_service_account(
+    grpc_alts_credentials_options* options, const char* service_account);
+
+/**
+ * This method destroys a grpc_alts_credentials_options instance by
+ * de-allocating all of its occupied memory. It is used for experimental purpose
+ * for now and subject to change.
+ *
+ * - options: a grpc_alts_credentials_options instance that needs to be
+ *   destroyed.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_alts_credentials_options_destroy(
+    grpc_alts_credentials_options* options);
+
+/**
+ * This method creates an ALTS channel credential object. The security
+ * level of the resulting connection is GRPC_PRIVACY_AND_INTEGRITY.
+ * It is used for experimental purpose for now and subject to change.
+ *
+ * - options: grpc ALTS credentials options instance for client.
+ *
+ * It returns the created ALTS channel credential object.
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_channel_credentials* grpc_alts_credentials_create(
+    const grpc_alts_credentials_options* options);
+
+/**
+ * This method creates an ALTS server credential object. It is used for
+ * experimental purpose for now and subject to change.
+ *
+ * - options: grpc ALTS credentials options instance for server.
+ *
+ * It returns the created ALTS server credential object.
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_server_credentials* grpc_alts_server_credentials_create(
+    const grpc_alts_credentials_options* options);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * A struct that can be specified by callers to configure underlying TLS
+ * behaviors.
+ */
+typedef struct grpc_tls_credentials_options grpc_tls_credentials_options;
+
+/** --- TLS channel/server credentials ---
+ * It is used for experimental purpose for now and subject to change. */
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * A struct provides ways to gain credential data that will be used in the TLS
+ * handshake.
+ */
+typedef struct grpc_tls_certificate_provider grpc_tls_certificate_provider;
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * A struct that stores the credential data presented to the peer in handshake
+ * to show local identity.
+ */
+typedef struct grpc_tls_identity_pairs grpc_tls_identity_pairs;
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Creates a grpc_tls_identity_pairs that stores a list of identity credential
+ * data, including identity private key and identity certificate chain.
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_tls_identity_pairs* grpc_tls_identity_pairs_create();
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Adds a identity private key and a identity certificate chain to
+ * grpc_tls_identity_pairs. This function will make an internal copy of
+ * |private_key| and |cert_chain|.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_identity_pairs_add_pair(grpc_tls_identity_pairs* pairs,
+                                              const char* private_key,
+                                              const char* cert_chain);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Destroys a grpc_tls_identity_pairs object. If this object is passed to a
+ * provider initiation function, the ownership is transferred so this function
+ * doesn't need to be called. Otherwise the creator of the
+ * grpc_tls_identity_pairs object is responsible for its destruction.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_identity_pairs_destroy(grpc_tls_identity_pairs* pairs);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Creates a grpc_tls_certificate_provider that will load credential data from
+ * static string during initialization. This provider will always return the
+ * same cert data for all cert names.
+ * root_certificate and pem_key_cert_pairs can be nullptr, indicating the
+ * corresponding credential data is not needed.
+ * This function will make a copy of |root_certificate|.
+ * The ownership of |pem_key_cert_pairs| is transferred.
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_tls_certificate_provider*
+grpc_tls_certificate_provider_static_data_create(
+    const char* root_certificate, grpc_tls_identity_pairs* pem_key_cert_pairs);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Creates a grpc_tls_certificate_provider that will watch the credential
+ * changes on the file system. This provider will always return the up-to-date
+ * cert data for all the cert names callers set through
+ * |grpc_tls_credentials_options|. Note that this API only supports one key-cert
+ * file and hence one set of identity key-cert pair, so SNI(Server Name
+ * Indication) is not supported.
+ * - private_key_path is the file path of the private key. This must be set if
+ *   |identity_certificate_path| is set. Otherwise, it could be null if no
+ *   identity credentials are needed.
+ * - identity_certificate_path is the file path of the identity certificate
+ *   chain. This must be set if |private_key_path| is set. Otherwise, it could
+ *   be null if no identity credentials are needed.
+ * - root_cert_path is the file path to the root certificate bundle. This
+ *   may be null if no root certs are needed.
+ * - refresh_interval_sec is the refreshing interval that we will check the
+ *   files for updates.
+ * It does not take ownership of parameters.
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_tls_certificate_provider*
+grpc_tls_certificate_provider_file_watcher_create(
+    const char* private_key_path, const char* identity_certificate_path,
+    const char* root_cert_path, unsigned int refresh_interval_sec);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Releases a grpc_tls_certificate_provider object. The creator of the
+ * grpc_tls_certificate_provider object is responsible for its release.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_certificate_provider_release(
+    grpc_tls_certificate_provider* provider);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * The read-only request information exposed in a verification call.
+ * Callers should not directly manage the ownership of it. We will make sure it
+ * is always available inside verify() or cancel() call, and will destroy the
+ * object at the end of custom verification.
+ */
+typedef struct grpc_tls_custom_verification_check_request {
+  /* The target name of the server when the client initiates the connection. */
+  /* This field will be nullptr if on the server side. */
+  const char* target_name;
+  /* The information contained in the certificate chain sent from the peer. */
+  struct peer_info {
+    /* The Common Name field on the peer leaf certificate. */
+    const char* common_name;
+    /* The list of Subject Alternative Names on the peer leaf certificate. */
+    struct san_names {
+      char** uri_names;
+      size_t uri_names_size;
+      char** dns_names;
+      size_t dns_names_size;
+      char** email_names;
+      size_t email_names_size;
+      char** ip_names;
+      size_t ip_names_size;
+    } san_names;
+    /* The raw peer leaf certificate. */
+    const char* peer_cert;
+    /* The raw peer certificate chain. Note that it is not always guaranteed to
+     * get the peer full chain. For more, please refer to
+     * GRPC_X509_PEM_CERT_CHAIN_PROPERTY_NAME defined in file
+     * grpc_security_constants.h.
+     * TODO(ZhenLian): Consider fixing this in the future. */
+    const char* peer_cert_full_chain;
+    /* The verified root cert subject.
+     * This value will only be filled if the cryptographic peer certificate
+     * verification was successful */
+    const char* verified_root_cert_subject;
+  } peer_info;
+} grpc_tls_custom_verification_check_request;
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * A callback function provided by gRPC as a parameter of the |verify| function
+ * in grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_external. If |verify| is expected to be run
+ * asynchronously, the implementer of |verify| will need to invoke this callback
+ * with |callback_arg| and proper verification status at the end to bring the
+ * control back to gRPC C core.
+ */
+typedef void (*grpc_tls_on_custom_verification_check_done_cb)(
+    grpc_tls_custom_verification_check_request* request, void* callback_arg,
+    grpc_status_code status, const char* error_details);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * The internal verifier type that will be used inside core.
+ */
+typedef struct grpc_tls_certificate_verifier grpc_tls_certificate_verifier;
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * A struct containing all the necessary functions a custom external verifier
+ * needs to implement to be able to be converted to an internal verifier.
+ */
+typedef struct grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_external {
+  void* user_data;
+  /**
+   * A function pointer containing the verification logic that will be
+   * performed after the TLS handshake is done. It could be processed
+   * synchronously or asynchronously.
+   * - If expected to be processed synchronously, the implementer should
+   *   populate the verification result through |sync_status| and
+   *   |sync_error_details|, and then return true.
+   * - If expected to be processed asynchronously, the implementer should return
+   *   false immediately, and then in the asynchronous thread invoke |callback|
+   *   with the verification result. The implementer MUST NOT invoke the async
+   *   |callback| in the same thread before |verify| returns, otherwise it can
+   *   lead to deadlocks.
+   *
+   * user_data: any argument that is passed in the user_data of
+   *            grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_external during construction time
+   *            can be retrieved later here.
+   * request: request information exposed to the function implementer.
+   * callback: the callback that the function implementer needs to invoke, if
+   *           return a non-zero value. It is usually invoked when the
+   *           asynchronous verification is done, and serves to bring the
+   *           control back to gRPC.
+   * callback_arg: A pointer to the internal ExternalVerifier instance. This is
+   *               mainly used as an argument in |callback|, if want to invoke
+   *               |callback| in async mode.
+   * sync_status: indicates if a connection should be allowed. This should only
+   *              be used if the verification check is done synchronously.
+   * sync_error_details: the error generated while verifying a connection. This
+   *                     should only be used if the verification check is done
+   *                     synchronously. the implementation must allocate the
+   *                     error string via gpr_malloc() or gpr_strdup().
+   * return: return 0 if |verify| is expected to be executed asynchronously,
+   *         otherwise return a non-zero value.
+   */
+  int (*verify)(void* user_data,
+                grpc_tls_custom_verification_check_request* request,
+                grpc_tls_on_custom_verification_check_done_cb callback,
+                void* callback_arg, grpc_status_code* sync_status,
+                char** sync_error_details);
+  /**
+   * A function pointer that cleans up the caller-specified resources when the
+   * verifier is still running but the whole connection got cancelled. This
+   * could happen when the verifier is doing some async operations, and the
+   * whole handshaker object got destroyed because of connection time limit is
+   * reached, or any other reasons. In such cases, function implementers might
+   * want to be notified, and properly clean up some resources.
+   *
+   * user_data: any argument that is passed in the user_data of
+   *            grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_external during construction time
+   *            can be retrieved later here.
+   * request: request information exposed to the function implementer. It will
+   *          be the same request object that was passed to verify(), and it
+   *          tells the cancel() which request to cancel.
+   */
+  void (*cancel)(void* user_data,
+                 grpc_tls_custom_verification_check_request* request);
+  /**
+   * A function pointer that does some additional destruction work when the
+   * verifier is destroyed. This is used when the caller wants to associate some
+   * objects to the lifetime of external_verifier, and destroy them when
+   * external_verifier got destructed. For example, in C++, the class containing
+   * user-specified callback functions should not be destroyed before
+   * external_verifier, since external_verifier will invoke them while being
+   * used.
+   * Note that the caller MUST delete the grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_external
+   * object itself in this function, otherwise it will cause memory leaks. That
+   * also means the user_data has to carries at least a self pointer, for the
+   * callers to later delete it in destruct().
+   *
+   * user_data: any argument that is passed in the user_data of
+   *            grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_external during construction time
+   *            can be retrieved later here.
+   */
+  void (*destruct)(void* user_data);
+} grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_external;
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Converts an external verifier to an internal verifier.
+ * Note that we will not take the ownership of the external_verifier. Callers
+ * will need to delete external_verifier in its own destruct function.
+ */
+grpc_tls_certificate_verifier* grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_external_create(
+    grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_external* external_verifier);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Factory function for an internal verifier that won't perform any
+ * post-handshake verification. Note: using this solely without any other
+ * authentication mechanisms on the peer identity will leave your applications
+ * to the MITM(Man-In-The-Middle) attacks. Users should avoid doing so in
+ * production environments.
+ */
+grpc_tls_certificate_verifier* grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_no_op_create();
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Factory function for an internal verifier that will do the default hostname
+ * check.
+ */
+grpc_tls_certificate_verifier* grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_host_name_create();
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Releases a grpc_tls_certificate_verifier object. The creator of the
+ * grpc_tls_certificate_verifier object is responsible for its release.
+ */
+void grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_release(
+    grpc_tls_certificate_verifier* verifier);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Performs the verification logic of an internal verifier.
+ * This is typically used when composing the internal verifiers as part of the
+ * custom verification.
+ * If |grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_verify| returns true, inspect the
+ * verification result through request->status and request->error_details.
+ * Otherwise, inspect through the parameter of |callback|.
+ */
+int grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_verify(
+    grpc_tls_certificate_verifier* verifier,
+    grpc_tls_custom_verification_check_request* request,
+    grpc_tls_on_custom_verification_check_done_cb callback, void* callback_arg,
+    grpc_status_code* sync_status, char** sync_error_details);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Performs the cancellation logic of an internal verifier.
+ * This is typically used when composing the internal verifiers as part of the
+ * custom verification.
+ */
+void grpc_tls_certificate_verifier_cancel(
+    grpc_tls_certificate_verifier* verifier,
+    grpc_tls_custom_verification_check_request* request);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Creates an grpc_tls_credentials_options.
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_tls_credentials_options* grpc_tls_credentials_options_create(void);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Creates a TLS channel credential object based on the
+ * grpc_tls_credentials_options specified by callers. The
+ * grpc_channel_credentials will take the ownership of the |options|. The
+ * security level of the resulting connection is GRPC_PRIVACY_AND_INTEGRITY.
+ */
+grpc_channel_credentials* grpc_tls_credentials_create(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Creates a TLS server credential object based on the
+ * grpc_tls_credentials_options specified by callers. The
+ * grpc_server_credentials will take the ownership of the |options|.
+ */
+grpc_server_credentials* grpc_tls_server_credentials_create(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Sets the minimum TLS version that will be negotiated during the TLS
+ * handshake. If not set, the underlying SSL library will set it to TLS v1.2.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_set_min_tls_version(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options, grpc_tls_version min_tls_version);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Sets the maximum TLS version that will be negotiated during the TLS
+ * handshake. If not set, the underlying SSL library will set it to TLS v1.3.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_set_max_tls_version(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options, grpc_tls_version max_tls_version);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Copies a grpc_tls_credentials_options.
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_tls_credentials_options* grpc_tls_credentials_options_copy(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Destroys a grpc_tls_credentials_options.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_destroy(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * A struct provides ways to gain credential data that will be used in the TLS
+ * handshake.
+ */
+typedef struct grpc_tls_certificate_provider grpc_tls_certificate_provider;
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Sets the credential provider in the options.
+ * The |options| will implicitly take a new ref to the |provider|.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_set_certificate_provider(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options,
+    grpc_tls_certificate_provider* provider);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * If set, gRPC stack will keep watching the root certificates with
+ * name |root_cert_name|.
+ * If this is not set on the client side, we will use the root certificates
+ * stored in the default system location, since client side must provide root
+ * certificates in TLS.
+ * If this is not set on the server side, we will not watch any root certificate
+ * updates, and assume no root certificates needed for the server(single-side
+ * TLS). Default root certs on the server side is not supported.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_watch_root_certs(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Sets the name of the root certificates being watched.
+ * If not set, We will use a default empty string as the root certificate name.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_set_root_cert_name(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options, const char* root_cert_name);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * If set, gRPC stack will keep watching the identity key-cert pairs
+ * with name |identity_cert_name|.
+ * This is required on the server side, and optional on the client side.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_watch_identity_key_cert_pairs(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Sets the name of the identity certificates being watched.
+ * If not set, We will use a default empty string as the identity certificate
+ * name.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_set_identity_cert_name(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options, const char* identity_cert_name);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Sets the options of whether to request and/or verify client certs. This shall
+ * only be called on the server side.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_set_cert_request_type(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options,
+    grpc_ssl_client_certificate_request_type type);
+
+/** Deprecated in favor of grpc_tls_credentials_options_set_crl_provider. The
+ * crl provider interface provides a significantly more flexible approach to
+ * using CRLs. See gRFC A69 for details.
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * If set, gRPC will read all hashed x.509 CRL files in the directory and
+ * enforce the CRL files on all TLS handshakes. Only supported for OpenSSL
+ * version > 1.1.
+ * It is used for experimental purpose for now and subject to change.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_set_crl_directory(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options, const char* crl_directory);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Sets the options of whether to verify server certs on the client side.
+ * Passing in a non-zero value indicates verifying the certs.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_set_verify_server_cert(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options, int verify_server_cert);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Sets whether or not a TLS server should send a list of CA names in the
+ * ServerHello. This list of CA names is read from the server's trust bundle, so
+ * that the client can use this list as a hint to know which certificate it
+ * should send to the server.
+ *
+ * WARNING: This API is extremely dangerous and should not be used. If the
+ * server's trust bundle is too large, then the TLS server will be unable to
+ * form a ServerHello, and hence will be unusable. The definition of "too large"
+ * depends on the underlying SSL library being used and on the size of the CN
+ * fields of the certificates in the trust bundle.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_set_send_client_ca_list(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options, bool send_client_ca_list);
+
+/** --- SSL Session Cache. ---
+
+    A SSL session cache object represents a way to cache client sessions
+    between connections. Only ticket-based resumption is supported. */
+
+typedef struct grpc_ssl_session_cache grpc_ssl_session_cache;
+
+/** Create LRU cache for client-side SSL sessions with the given capacity.
+    If capacity is < 1, a default capacity is used instead. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_ssl_session_cache* grpc_ssl_session_cache_create_lru(
+    size_t capacity);
+
+/** Destroy SSL session cache. */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_ssl_session_cache_destroy(grpc_ssl_session_cache* cache);
+
+/** Create a channel arg with the given cache object. */
+GRPCAPI grpc_arg
+grpc_ssl_session_cache_create_channel_arg(grpc_ssl_session_cache* cache);
+
+/** Callback for getting the SSL roots override from the application.
+   In case of success, *pem_roots_certs must be set to a NULL terminated string
+   containing the list of PEM encoded root certificates. The ownership is passed
+   to the core and freed (laster by the core) with gpr_free.
+   If this function fails and GRPC_DEFAULT_SSL_ROOTS_FILE_PATH environment is
+   set to a valid path, it will override the roots specified this func */
+typedef grpc_ssl_roots_override_result (*grpc_ssl_roots_override_callback)(
+    char** pem_root_certs);
+
+/** Setup a callback to override the default TLS/SSL roots.
+   This function is not thread-safe and must be called at initialization time
+   before any ssl credentials are created to have the desired side effect.
+   If GRPC_DEFAULT_SSL_ROOTS_FILE_PATH environment is set to a valid path, the
+   callback will not be called. */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_set_ssl_roots_override_callback(
+    grpc_ssl_roots_override_callback cb);
+
+GRPCAPI gpr_timespec grpc_max_auth_token_lifetime(void);
+
+/** --- insecure credentials --- */
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * This method creates an insecure channel credentials object.
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_channel_credentials* grpc_insecure_credentials_create();
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * This method creates an insecure server credentials object.
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_server_credentials* grpc_insecure_server_credentials_create();
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * This method creates an xDS channel credentials object.
+ *
+ * Creating a channel with credentials of this type indicates that the channel
+ * should get credentials configuration from the xDS control plane.
+ *
+ * \a fallback_credentials are used if the channel target does not have the
+ * 'xds:///' scheme or if the xDS control plane does not provide information on
+ * how to fetch credentials dynamically. Does NOT take ownership of the \a
+ * fallback_credentials. (Internally takes a ref to the object.)
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_channel_credentials* grpc_xds_credentials_create(
+    grpc_channel_credentials* fallback_credentials);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * This method creates an xDS server credentials object.
+ *
+ * \a fallback_credentials are used if the xDS control plane does not provide
+ * information on how to fetch credentials dynamically.
+ *
+ * Does NOT take ownership of the \a fallback_credentials. (Internally takes
+ * a ref to the object.)
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_server_credentials* grpc_xds_server_credentials_create(
+    grpc_server_credentials* fallback_credentials);
+
+/** --- Local channel/server credentials --- **/
+
+/**
+ * This method creates a local channel credential object. The security level
+ * of the resulting connection is GRPC_PRIVACY_AND_INTEGRITY for UDS and
+ * GRPC_SECURITY_NONE for LOCAL_TCP. It is used for experimental purpose
+ * for now and subject to change.
+ *
+ * - type: local connection type
+ *
+ * It returns the created local channel credential object.
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_channel_credentials* grpc_local_credentials_create(
+    grpc_local_connect_type type);
+
+/**
+ * This method creates a local server credential object. It is used for
+ * experimental purpose for now and subject to change.
+ *
+ * - type: local connection type
+ *
+ * It returns the created local server credential object.
+ */
+GRPCAPI grpc_server_credentials* grpc_local_server_credentials_create(
+    grpc_local_connect_type type);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * The internal verifier type that will be used inside core.
+ */
+typedef struct grpc_tls_certificate_verifier grpc_tls_certificate_verifier;
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Sets the verifier in options. The |options| will implicitly take a new ref to
+ * the |verifier|. If not set on the client side, we will verify server's
+ * certificates, and check the default hostname. If not set on the server side,
+ * we will verify client's certificates.
+ */
+void grpc_tls_credentials_options_set_certificate_verifier(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options,
+    grpc_tls_certificate_verifier* verifier);
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change
+ *
+ * Sets the options of whether to check the hostname of the peer on a per-call
+ * basis. This is usually used in a combination with virtual hosting at the
+ * client side, where each individual call on a channel can have a different
+ * host associated with it.
+ * This check is intended to verify that the host specified for the individual
+ * call is covered by the cert that the peer presented.
+ * The default is a non-zero value, which indicates performing such checks.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_set_check_call_host(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options, int check_call_host);
+
+/** --- TLS session key logging. ---
+ * Experimental API to control tls session key logging. Tls session key logging
+ * is expected to be used only for debugging purposes and never in production.
+ * Tls session key logging is only enabled when:
+ *  At least one grpc_tls_credentials_options object is assigned a tls session
+ *  key logging file path using the API specified below.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * EXPERIMENTAL API - Subject to change.
+ * Configures a grpc_tls_credentials_options object with tls session key
+ * logging capability. TLS channels using these credentials have tls session
+ * key logging enabled.
+ * - options is the grpc_tls_credentials_options object
+ * - path is a string pointing to the location where TLS session keys would be
+ *   stored.
+ */
+GRPCAPI void grpc_tls_credentials_options_set_tls_session_key_log_file_path(
+    grpc_tls_credentials_options* options, const char* path);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* GRPC_CREDENTIALS_H */