2 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/ndpi_api.h b/src/include/ndpi_api.h
index 1d46a381e..a3d7d1bcd 100644
--- a/src/include/ndpi_api.h
+++ b/src/include/ndpi_api.h
@@ -844,7 +844,9 @@ extern "C" {
 				  const char *key, float value,
 				  const char *format /* e.f. "%.2f" */);
   int ndpi_serialize_end_of_record(ndpi_serializer *serializer);
-
+  char* ndpi_serializer_get_buffer(ndpi_serializer *_serializer, u_int32_t *buffer_len);
+  u_int32_t ndpi_serializer_get_buffer_len(ndpi_serializer *_serializer);
+    
   /* Deserializer */
   int ndpi_init_deserializer(ndpi_deserializer *deserializer,
 			     ndpi_serializer *serializer);
diff --git a/src/include/ndpi_typedefs.h b/src/include/ndpi_typedefs.h
index a445ced0f..399f92456 100644
--- a/src/include/ndpi_typedefs.h
+++ b/src/include/ndpi_typedefs.h
@@ -1327,13 +1327,7 @@ typedef enum {
 #define NDPI_SERIALIZER_STATUS_ARRAY (1 << 1)
 #define NDPI_SERIALIZER_STATUS_EOR   (1 << 2)
 
-typedef struct {
-  u_int32_t buffer_size, size_used;
-  ndpi_serialization_format fmt;
-  u_int32_t status;
-  u_int8_t *buffer;
-  char *json_buffer, csv_separator[2];
-} ndpi_serializer;
+typedef void* ndpi_serializer;
 
 #define ndpi_deserializer ndpi_serializer