1curl_easy_init(3)                   libcurl                  curl_easy_init(3)
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NAME

6       curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <curl/curl.h>
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11       CURL *curl_easy_init();
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DESCRIPTION

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
20       it  automatically.  This  may  be lethal in multi-threaded cases, since
21       curl_global_init(3) is not thread-safe, and it may result  in  resource
22       problems because there is no corresponding cleanup.
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24       You are strongly advised to not allow this automatic behavior, by call‐
25       ing curl_global_init(3)  yourself  properly.  See  the  description  in
26       libcurl(3) of global environment requirements for details of how to use
27       this function.
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EXAMPLE

30       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
31       if(curl) {
32         CURLcode res;
33         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
34         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
35         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
36       }
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AVAILABILITY

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RETURN VALUE

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

46       curl_easy_cleanup(3),      curl_global_init(3),     curl_easy_reset(3),
47       curl_easy_perform(3)
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51libcurl 8.2.1                   April 26, 2023               curl_easy_init(3)
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