@deftypefun {unsigned} {gnutls_heartbeat_allowed} (gnutls_session_t @var{session}, unsigned int @var{type})

@var{session}: is a @code{gnutls_session_t}  type.

@var{type}: one of @code{GNUTLS_HB_LOCAL_ALLOWED_TO_SEND}  and @code{GNUTLS_HB_PEER_ALLOWED_TO_SEND} 

This function will check whether heartbeats are allowed

to be sent or received in this session. 

@strong{Returns:} Non zero if heartbeats are allowed.

@strong{Since:} 3.1.2

@end deftypefun