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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: CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION
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Section: 3
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Source: libcurl
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See-also:
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- CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION (3)
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- CURLOPT_READFUNCTION (3)
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- CURLOPT_WRITEDATA (3)
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---
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# NAME
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CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION - callback for writing received data
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# SYNOPSIS
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~~~c
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#include <curl/curl.h>
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size_t write_callback(char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata);
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CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_callback);
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~~~
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# DESCRIPTION
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Pass a pointer to your callback function, which should match the prototype
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shown above.
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This callback function gets called by libcurl as soon as there is data
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received that needs to be saved. For most transfers, this callback gets called
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many times and each invoke delivers another chunk of data. *ptr* points to the
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delivered data, and the size of that data is *nmemb*; *size* is always 1.
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The data passed to this function is not null-terminated.
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The callback function is passed as much data as possible in all invokes, but
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you must not make any assumptions. It may be one byte, it may be
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thousands. The maximum amount of body data that is passed to the write
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callback is defined in the curl.h header file: *CURL_MAX_WRITE_SIZE* (the
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usual default is 16K). If CURLOPT_HEADER(3) is enabled, which makes header
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data get passed to the write callback, you can get up to
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*CURL_MAX_HTTP_HEADER* bytes of header data passed into it. This usually means
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100K.
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This function may be called with zero bytes data if the transferred file is
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empty.
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Set the *userdata* argument with the CURLOPT_WRITEDATA(3) option.
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Your callback should return the number of bytes actually taken care of. If
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that amount differs from the amount passed to your callback function, it
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signals an error condition to the library. This causes the transfer to get
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aborted and the libcurl function used returns *CURLE_WRITE_ERROR*.
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You can also abort the transfer by returning CURL_WRITEFUNC_ERROR (added in
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7.87.0), which makes *CURLE_WRITE_ERROR* get returned.
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If the callback function returns CURL_WRITEFUNC_PAUSE it pauses this
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transfer. See curl_easy_pause(3) for further details.
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Set this option to NULL to get the internal default function used instead of
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your callback. The internal default function writes the data to the FILE *
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given with CURLOPT_WRITEDATA(3).
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This option does not enable HSTS, you need to use CURLOPT_HSTS_CTRL(3) to
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do that.
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# DEFAULT
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libcurl uses 'fwrite' as a callback by default.
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# PROTOCOLS
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For all protocols
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# EXAMPLE
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~~~c
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#include <stdlib.h> /* for realloc */
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#include <string.h> /* for memcpy */
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struct memory {
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char *response;
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size_t size;
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};
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static size_t cb(void *data, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *clientp)
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{
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size_t realsize = size * nmemb;
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struct memory *mem = (struct memory *)clientp;
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char *ptr = realloc(mem->response, mem->size + realsize + 1);
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if(!ptr)
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return 0; /* out of memory! */
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mem->response = ptr;
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memcpy(&(mem->response[mem->size]), data, realsize);
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mem->size += realsize;
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mem->response[mem->size] = 0;
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return realsize;
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}
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int main(void)
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{
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struct memory chunk = {0};
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CURLcode res;
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CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
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if(curl) {
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/* send all data to this function */
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, cb);
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/* we pass our 'chunk' struct to the callback function */
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *)&chunk);
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/* send a request */
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res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
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/* remember to free the buffer */
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free(chunk.response);
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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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Support for the CURL_WRITEFUNC_PAUSE return code was added in version 7.18.0.
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# RETURN VALUE
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This returns CURLE_OK.
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