curl_easy_init(3) [mojave man page]

curl_easy_init(3)						  libcurl Manual						 curl_easy_init(3)

NAME

       curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURL *curl_easy_init( );

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  must  be the first function to call, and it returns a CURL easy handle that you must use as input to other functions in the
       easy interface. This call MUST have a corresponding call to curl_easy_cleanup(3) when the operation is complete.

       If you did not already call curl_global_init(3), curl_easy_init(3) does it automatically.  This may  be	lethal	in  multi-threaded  cases,
       since curl_global_init(3) is not thread-safe, and it may result in resource problems because there is no corresponding cleanup.

       You  are  strongly advised to not allow this automatic behaviour, by calling curl_global_init(3) yourself properly.  See the description in
       libcurl(3) of global environment requirements for details of how to use this function.

RETURN VALUE

       If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use the other curl functions.

EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
	 CURLcode res;
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
	 res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
	 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

SEE ALSO

       curl_easy_cleanup(3), curl_global_init(3), curl_easy_reset(3), curl_easy_perform(3)

libcurl 7.54.0							 February 03, 2016						 curl_easy_init(3)

curl_easy_cleanup(3)						  libcurl Manual					      curl_easy_cleanup(3)

NAME

       curl_easy_cleanup - End a libcurl easy handle

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       void curl_easy_cleanup(CURL *handle);

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  must  be  the  last  function to call for an easy session. It is the opposite of the curl_easy_init(3) function and must be
       called with the same handle as input that a curl_easy_init(3) call returned.

       This might close all connections this handle has used and possibly has kept open until now - unless it was attached to a multi handle while
       doing  the  transfers.  Don't  call  this function if you intend to transfer more files, re-using handles is a key to good performance with
       libcurl.

       Occasionally you may get your progress callback or header callback called from within curl_easy_cleanup(3) (if previously set for the  han-
       dle  using  curl_easy_setopt(3)).  Like	if  libcurl decides to shut down the connection and the protocol is of a kind that requires a com-
       mand/response sequence before disconnect. Examples of such protocols are FTP, POP3 and IMAP.

       Any use of the handle after this function has been called and have returned, is illegal. curl_easy_cleanup(3) kills the handle and all mem-
       ory associated with it!

       For  libcurl versions before 7.17,: after you've called this function, you can safely remove all the strings you've previously told libcurl
       to use, as it won't use them anymore now.

RETURN VALUE

       None

EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
	 CURLcode res;
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
	 res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
	 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

SEE ALSO

       curl_easy_init(3), curl_easy_duphandle(3), curl_easy_reset(3), curl_multi_cleanup(3), curl_multi_remove_handle(3)

libcurl 7.54.0							 February 03, 2016					      curl_easy_cleanup(3)