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NAME

6       libcurl-easy - easy interface overview
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DESCRIPTION

9       When  using  libcurl's "easy" interface you init your session and get a
10       handle (often referred to as an "easy handle"), which you use as  input
11       to  the  easy interface functions you use. Use curl_easy_init(3) to get
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14       You continue by setting all the options you want in the upcoming trans‐
15       fer, the most important among them is the URL itself (you cannot trans‐
16       fer anything without a specified URL as you may have figured out  your‐
17       self). You might want to set some callbacks as well that will be called
18       from the library when data is  available  etc.  curl_easy_setopt(3)  is
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21       CURLOPT_URL(3)  is  the  only  option you really must set, as otherwise
22       there can be no transfer. Another commonly used option is  CURLOPT_VER‐
23       BOSE(3)  that  will  help you see what libcurl is doing under the hood,
24       which is useful when debugging for example. The curl_easy_setopt(3) man
25       page has a full index of the almost 300 available options.
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27       If  you at any point would like to blank all previously set options for
28       a single easy handle, you can call curl_easy_reset(3) and you can  also
29       make  a  clone  of  an  easy  handle  (with  all its set options) using
30       curl_easy_duphandle(3).
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32       When all is setup, you tell  libcurl  to  perform  the  transfer  using
33       curl_easy_perform(3).   It  will  then do the entire operation and will
34       not return until it is done (successfully or not).
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36       After the transfer has been made, you can set new options and make  an‐
37       other  transfer,  or  if  you  are done, cleanup the session by calling
38       curl_easy_cleanup(3). If you want persistent connections,  you  do  not
39       cleanup  immediately, but instead run ahead and perform other transfers
40       using the same easy handle.
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SEE ALSO

43       curl_easy_init(3),curl_easy_cleanup(3),curl_easy_setopt(3), libcurl-er‐
44       rors(3), libcurl-multi(3), libcurl(3)
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48libcurl 7.82.0                 November 08, 2021                    libcurl(3)
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