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Top Forums Programming C function to start process but to return right away Post 302428025 by JCR on Tuesday 8th of June 2010 03:02:39 PM
Old 06-08-2010
C function to start process but to return right away

Hello,

I am using C on a Centos box with gcc as the compiler.

I want a function to do something, them make an http request to some server (most probably using curl but suggestions are welcome) and return right away without waiting for the server's answer on that request.

What should I use (library, function, design...) to achieve that?

Thank you
 

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CURLOPT_USERAGENT(3)					     curl_easy_setopt options					      CURLOPT_USERAGENT(3)

NAME
CURLOPT_USERAGENT - set HTTP user-agent header SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, char *ua); DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be used to set the User-Agent: header in the HTTP request sent to the remote server. This can be used to fool servers or scripts. You can also set any custom header with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3). The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option. DEFAULT
NULL, no User-Agent: header is used by default. PROTOCOLS
HTTP, HTTPS EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Dark Secret Ninja/1.0"); curl_easy_perform(curl); } AVAILABILITY
As long as HTTP is supported RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space. SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_REFERER(3), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3), libcurl 7.54.0 December 21, 2016 CURLOPT_USERAGENT(3)
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