1curl_multi_init(3)              libcurl Manual              curl_multi_init(3)
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NAME

6       curl_multi_init - create a multi handle
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <curl/curl.h>
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11       CURLM *curl_multi_init();
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DESCRIPTION

14       This  function  returns a pointer to a CURLM handle to be used as input
15       to all the other multi-functions, sometimes referred to as a multi han‐
16       dle  in  some  places  in the documentation. This init call MUST have a
17       corresponding call to curl_multi_cleanup(3) when the operation is  com‐
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EXAMPLE

21       /* init a multi stack */
22       multi_handle = curl_multi_init();
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25       curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, http_handle);
26       curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, http_handle2);
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AVAILABILITY

29       Added in 7.9.6
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RETURN VALUE

32       If  this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use
33       the other curl functions.
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SEE ALSO

36       curl_multi_cleanup(3),curl_global_init(3),curl_easy_init(3)
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40libcurl 8.0.1                  January 02, 2023             curl_multi_init(3)