1curl_easy_init(3) libcurl Manual curl_easy_init(3)
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6 curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session
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9 #include <curl/curl.h>
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11 CURL *curl_easy_init( );
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15 This function must be the first function to call, and it returns a CURL
16 easy handle that you must use as input to other easy-functions.
17 curl_easy_init initializes curl and this call MUST have a corresponding
18 call to curl_easy_cleanup(3) when the operation is complete.
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20 If you did not already call curl_global_init(3), curl_easy_init(3) does
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22 curl_global_init(3) is not thread-safe, and it may result in resource
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26 calling curl_global_init(3) yourself properly. See the description in
27 libcurl(3) of global environment requirements for details of how to use
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32 If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use
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36 curl_easy_cleanup(3), curl_global_init(3), curl_easy_reset(3)
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40libcurl 7.8.1 4 March 2002 curl_easy_init(3)