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.TH curl_formadd 3 "27 August 2001" "libcurl 7.9" "libcurl Manual"
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.SH NAME
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curl_formadd - add a section to a multipart/formdata HTTP POST
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <curl/curl.h>
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.BI "CURLcode curl_formadd(struct HttpPost ** " firstitem,
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.BI "struct HttpPost ** " lastitem, " ...);"
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.ad
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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curl_formadd() is used to append sections when building a multipart/formdata
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HTTP POST (sometimes refered to as rfc1867-style posts). Append one section at
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a time until you've added all the sections you want included and then you pass
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the \fIfirstitem\fP pointer as parameter to \fBCURLOPT_HTTPPOST\fP.
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\fIlastitem\fP is set after each call and on repeated invokes it should be
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left as set to allow repeated invokes to find the end of the list in a faster
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way.
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After \fIlastitem\fP follow the real arguments that constitute the
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new section (if the following description confuses you jump directly
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to the examples):
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CURLFORM_COPYNAME or CURLFORM_PTRNAME followed by a string is used for
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the name of the section. Optionally one may use CURLFORM_NAMELENGTH to
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specify the length of the name (allowing null characters within the name).
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The four options for providing values are: CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS,
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CURLFORM_PTRCONTENTS, CURLFORM_FILE, or CURLFORM_FILECONTENT followed
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by a char or void pointer (allowed for PTRCONTENTS).
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CURLFORM_FILECONTENT does a normal post like CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS but
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the actual value is read from the filename given as a string.
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Other arguments may be CURLFORM_CONTENTTYPE if the
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user wishes to specify one (for FILE if no type is given the library
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tries to provide the correct one; for CONTENTS no Content-Type is sent
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in this case).
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For CURLFORM_PTRCONTENTS or CURLFORM_COPYNAME the user may also add
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CURLFORM_CONTENTSLENGTH followed by the length as a long (if not given
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the library will use strlen to determine the length).
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For CURLFORM_FILE the user may send multiple files in one section by
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providing multiple CURLFORM_FILE arguments each followed by the filename
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(and each FILE is allowed to have a CONTENTTYPE).
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Another possibility to send single or multiple files in one section is
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to use CURLFORM_ARRAY that gets a struct curl_forms array as its
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value. Each structure element has a CURLformoption and a char
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pointer. For the options only CURLFORM_FILE, CURLFORM_CONTENTTYPE, and
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CURLFORM_END (that is used to determine the end of the array and thus
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must be the option of the last and no other element of the curl_forms
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array) are allowed. The effect of this parameter is the same as giving
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multiple CURLFORM_FILE options possibly with CURLFORM_CONTENTTYPE
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after or before each CURLFORM_FILE option.
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The last argument always is CURLFORM_END.
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The pointers \fI*firstitem\fP and \fI*lastitem\fP should both be pointing to
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NULL in the first call to this function. All list-data will be allocated by
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the function itself. You must call \fIcurl_formfree\fP after the form post has
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been done to free the resources again.
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This function will copy all input data except the data pointed to by
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the arguments after CURLFORM_PTRNAME and CURLFORM_PTRCONTENTS and keep
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its own version of it allocated until you call \fIcurl_formfree\fP. When
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you've passed the pointer to \fIcurl_easy_setopt\fP, you must not free
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the list until after you've called \fIcurl_easy_cleanup\fP for the
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curl handle. If you provide a pointer as an arguments after
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CURLFORM_PTRNAME or CURLFORM_PTRCONTENTS you must ensure that the pointer
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stays valid until you call \fIcurl_form_free\fP and \fIcurl_easy_cleanup\fP.
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See example below.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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Returns non-zero if an error occurs.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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.nf
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HttpPost* post = NULL;
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HttpPost* last = NULL;
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char namebuffer[] = "name buffer";
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long namelength = strlen(namebuffer);
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char buffer[] = "test buffer";
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char htmlbuffer[] = "<HTML>test buffer</HTML>";
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long htmlbufferlength = strlen(htmlbuffer);
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struct curl_forms forms[3];
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char file1[] = "my-face.jpg";
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char file2[] = "your-face.jpg";
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/* add null character into htmlbuffer, to demonstrate that
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transfers of buffers containing null characters actually work
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*/
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htmlbuffer[8] = '\\0';
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/* Add simple name/content section */
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curl_formadd(&post, &last, CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "name",
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CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "content", CURLFORM_END);
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/* Add simple name/content/contenttype section */
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curl_formadd(&post, &last, CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "htmlcode",
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CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "<HTML></HTML>",
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CURLFORM_CONTENTTYPE, "text/html", CURLFORM_END);
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/* Add name/ptrcontent section */
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curl_formadd(&post, &last, CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "name_for_ptrcontent",
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CURLFORM_PTRCONTENTS, buffer, CURLFORM_END);
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/* Add ptrname/ptrcontent section */
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curl_formadd(&post, &last, CURLFORM_PTRNAME, namebuffer,
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CURLFORM_PTRCONTENTS, buffer, CURLFORM_NAMELENGTH,
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namelength, CURLFORM_END);
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/* Add name/ptrcontent/contenttype section */
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curl_formadd(&post, &last, CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "html_code_with_hole",
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CURLFORM_PTRCONTENTS, htmlbuffer,
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CURLFORM_CONTENTSLENGTH, htmlbufferlength,
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CURLFORM_CONTENTTYPE, "text/html", CURLFORM_END);
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/* Add simple file section */
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curl_formadd(&post, &last, CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "picture",
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CURLFORM_FILE, "my-face.jpg", CURLFORM_END);
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/* Add file/contenttype section */
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curl_formadd(&post, &last, CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "picture",
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CURLFORM_FILE, "my-face.jpg",
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CURLFORM_CONTENTTYPE, "image/jpeg", CURLFORM_END);
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/* Add two file section */
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curl_formadd(&post, &last, CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "pictures",
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CURLFORM_FILE, "my-face.jpg",
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CURLFORM_FILE, "your-face.jpg", CURLFORM_END);
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/* Add two file section using CURLFORM_ARRAY */
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forms[0].option = CURLFORM_FILE;
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forms[0].value = file1;
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forms[1].option = CURLFORM_FILE;
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forms[1].value = file2;
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forms[2].value = CURLFORM_END;
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/* no option needed for the end marker */
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curl_formadd(&post, &last, CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "pictures",
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CURLFORM_ARRAY, forms, CURLFORM_END);
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/* Add the content of a file as a normal post text value */
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curl_formadd(&post, &last, CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "filecontent",
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CURLFORM_FILECONTENT, ".bashrc", CURLFORM_END);
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/* Set the form info */
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPPOST, post);
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR curl_easy_setopt "(3), "
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.BR curl_formparse "(3) [deprecated], "
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.BR curl_formfree "(3)
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.SH BUGS
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Surely there are some, you tell me!
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