libcurl(3)						      libcurl easy interface							libcurl(3)

NAME

       libcurl-easy - easy interface overview

DESCRIPTION

       When  using  libcurl's  "easy"  interface  you init your session and get a handle (often referred to as an "easy handle"), which you use as
       input to the easy interface functions you use. Use curl_easy_init(3) to get the handle.

       You continue by setting all the options you want in the upcoming transfer, the most important among them  is  the  URL  itself  (you  can't
       transfer  anything without a specified URL as you may have figured out yourself). You might want to set some callbacks as well that will be
       called from the library when data is available etc. curl_easy_setopt(3) is used for all this.

       CURLOPT_URL(3) is only option you really must set, as otherwise there can be no transfer. Another  commonly  used  option  is  CURLOPT_VER-
       BOSE(3)	that  will  help you see what libcurl is doing under the hood, very useful when debugging for example. The curl_easy_setopt(3) man
       page has a full index of the over 200 available options.

       If you at any point would like to blank all previously set options for a single easy handle, you can call curl_easy_reset(3)  and  you  can
       also make a clone of an easy handle (with all its set options) using curl_easy_duphandle(3).

       When  all  is  setup,  you tell libcurl to perform the transfer using curl_easy_perform(3).  It will then do the entire operation and won't
       return until it is done (successfully or not).

       After the transfer has been made, you can set new options and make another transfer, or if you're done,	cleanup  the  session  by  calling
       curl_easy_cleanup(3).  If you want persistent connections, you don't cleanup immediately, but instead run ahead and perform other transfers
       using the same easy handle.

SEE ALSO

       curl_easy_init(3),curl_easy_cleanup(3),curl_easy_setopt(3), libcurl-errors(3), libcurl-multi(3), libcurl(3)

libcurl 7.54.0							 February 03, 2016							libcurl(3)