1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 993ec92..a1edb6b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -168,21 +168,30 @@ pub fn set_log_level(level: LogLevel) {
 
 /// Returns the libnitrokey library version.
 ///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// - [`Utf8Error`][] if libnitrokey returned an invalid UTF-8 string
+///
 /// # Example
 ///
 /// ```
-/// let version = nitrokey::get_library_version();
+/// # fn main() -> Result<(), nitrokey::Error> {
+/// let version = nitrokey::get_library_version()?;
 /// println!("Using libnitrokey {}", version.git);
+/// #    Ok(())
+/// # }
 /// ```
-pub fn get_library_version() -> Version {
+///
+/// [`Utf8Error`]: enum.Error.html#variant.Utf8Error
+pub fn get_library_version() -> Result<Version> {
     // NK_get_library_version returns a static string, so we don’t have to free the pointer.
     let git = unsafe { nitrokey_sys::NK_get_library_version() };
     let git = if git.is_null() {
         String::new()
     } else {
-        util::owned_str_from_ptr(git)
+        util::owned_str_from_ptr(git)?
     };
     let major = unsafe { nitrokey_sys::NK_get_major_library_version() };
     let minor = unsafe { nitrokey_sys::NK_get_minor_library_version() };
-    Version { git, major, minor }
+    Ok(Version { git, major, minor })
 }