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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
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SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
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Title: curl_easy_init
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Section: 3
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Source: libcurl
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See-also:
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- curl_easy_cleanup (3)
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- curl_easy_duphandle (3)
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- curl_easy_perform (3)
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- curl_easy_reset (3)
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- curl_global_init (3)
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- curl_multi_init (3)
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---
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# NAME
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curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session
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# SYNOPSIS
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~~~c
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#include <curl/curl.h>
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CURL *curl_easy_init();
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~~~
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# DESCRIPTION
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This function allocates and returns a CURL easy handle. Such a handle is used
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as input to other functions in the easy interface. This call must have a
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corresponding call to curl_easy_cleanup(3) when the operation is complete.
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The easy handle is used to hold and control a single network transfer. It is
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encouraged to reuse easy handles for repeated transfers.
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An alternative way to get a new easy handle is to duplicate an already
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existing one with curl_easy_duphandle(3), which has the upside that it gets
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all the options that were set in the source handle set in the new copy as
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well.
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If you did not already call curl_global_init(3) before calling this function,
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curl_easy_init(3) does it automatically. This may be lethal in multi-threaded
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cases, if curl_global_init(3) is not thread-safe in your system, and it may
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then result in resource problems because there is no corresponding cleanup.
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You are strongly advised to not allow this automatic behavior, by calling
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curl_global_init(3) yourself properly. See the description in libcurl(3) of
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global environment requirements for details of how to use this function.
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# EXAMPLE
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~~~c
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int main(void)
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{
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CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
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if(curl) {
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CURLcode res;
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
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res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
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curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
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}
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}
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~~~
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# AVAILABILITY
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Always
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# RETURN VALUE
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If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use the
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other curl functions.
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