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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14 This function must be the first function to call, and it returns a CURL
15 easy handle that you must use as input to other functions in the easy
16 interface. This call MUST have a corresponding call to
17 curl_easy_cleanup(3) when the operation is complete.
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19 If you did not already call curl_global_init(3), curl_easy_init(3) does
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21 curl_global_init(3) is not thread-safe, and it may result in resource
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24 You are strongly advised to not allow this automatic behaviour, by
25 calling curl_global_init(3) yourself properly. See the description in
26 libcurl(3) of global environment requirements for details of how to use
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30 If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use
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34 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
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43 curl_easy_cleanup(3), curl_global_init(3), curl_easy_reset(3),
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48libcurl 7.61.1 February 03, 2016 curl_easy_init(3)