diff --git a/src/symbols.cmake b/src/symbols.cmake
index c7b1652..a6690ff 100644
--- a/src/symbols.cmake
+++ b/src/symbols.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ set(
 	uchardet_data_end
 	uchardet_reset
 	uchardet_get_charset
+    uchardet_get_candidates
+    uchardet_get_encoding
+    uchardet_get_confidence
 )
 
 set (LINK_FLAGS "")
diff --git a/src/uchardet.cpp b/src/uchardet.cpp
index 08eec17..f5391ea 100644
--- a/src/uchardet.cpp
+++ b/src/uchardet.cpp
@@ -111,9 +111,19 @@ public:
         candidates.clear();
     }
 
-    const char* GetCharset() const
+    size_t GetCandidates() const
     {
-        return (candidates.size() > 0) ? candidates[0].encoding : "";
+        return candidates.size();
+    }
+
+    const char* GetCharset(size_t i) const
+    {
+        return (candidates.size() > i) ? candidates[i].encoding : "";
+    }
+
+    float GetConfidence(size_t i) const
+    {
+        return (candidates.size() > i) ? candidates[i].confidence : 0.0;
     }
 };
 
@@ -149,5 +159,22 @@ void uchardet_reset(uchardet_t ud)
 
 const char* uchardet_get_charset(uchardet_t ud)
 {
-    return reinterpret_cast<HandleUniversalDetector*>(ud)->GetCharset();
+    return reinterpret_cast<HandleUniversalDetector*>(ud)->GetCharset(0);
+}
+
+size_t uchardet_get_candidates (uchardet_t ud)
+{
+    return reinterpret_cast<HandleUniversalDetector*>(ud)->GetCandidates();
+}
+
+float uchardet_get_confidence (uchardet_t ud,
+                               size_t     candidate)
+{
+    return reinterpret_cast<HandleUniversalDetector*>(ud)->GetConfidence(candidate);
+}
+
+const char * uchardet_get_encoding (uchardet_t ud,
+                                    size_t     candidate)
+{
+    return reinterpret_cast<HandleUniversalDetector*>(ud)->GetCharset(candidate);
 }
diff --git a/src/uchardet.h b/src/uchardet.h
index 271d98d..c452a69 100644
--- a/src/uchardet.h
+++ b/src/uchardet.h
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ extern "C" {
 #define UCHARDET_INTERFACE
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__cplusplus) && (__cplusplus >= 201402L)
+#define DEPRECATED(message) [[deprecated(message)]]
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
+#define DEPRECATED(message) __attribute__ ((deprecated))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define DEPRECATED(message) __declspec(deprecated) func
+#else
+#warning("DEPRECATED macro not available")
+#define DEPRECATED(message)
+#endif
 
 /**
  * A handle for a uchardet encoding detector.
@@ -102,8 +112,16 @@ UCHARDET_INTERFACE void uchardet_reset(uchardet_t ud);
  * @param ud [in] handle of an instance of uchardet
  * @return name of charset on success and "" on failure.
  */
+DEPRECATED("use uchardet_get_candidates() and uchardet_get_encoding() instead (since 0.1.0)")
 UCHARDET_INTERFACE const char * uchardet_get_charset(uchardet_t ud);
 
+UCHARDET_INTERFACE size_t       uchardet_get_candidates (uchardet_t ud);
+UCHARDET_INTERFACE float        uchardet_get_confidence (uchardet_t ud,
+                                                         size_t     candidate);
+UCHARDET_INTERFACE const char * uchardet_get_encoding   (uchardet_t ud,
+                                                         size_t     candidate);
+
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif