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30 lines
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.TH libcurl 3 "12 Aug 2003" "libcurl 7.10.7" "libcurl easy interface"
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.SH NAME
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libcurl-easy \- easy interface overview
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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When using libcurl's "easy" interface you init your session and get a handle
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(often referred to as an "easy handle" in various docs and sources), which you
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use as input to the easy interface functions you use. Use
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\fIcurl_easy_init()\fP to get the handle.
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You continue by setting all the options you want in the upcoming transfer, the
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most important among them is the URL itself (you can't transfer anything
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without a specified URL as you may have figured out yourself). You might want
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to set some callbacks as well that will be called from the library when data
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is available etc. \fIcurl_easy_setopt()\fP is used for all this.
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When all is setup, you tell libcurl to perform the transfer using
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\fIcurl_easy_perform()\fP. It will then do the entire operation and won't
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return until it is done (successfully or not).
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After the transfer has been made, you can set new options and make another
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transfer, or if you're done, cleanup the session by calling
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\fIcurl_easy_cleanup()\fP. If you want persistant connections, you don't
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cleanup immediately, but instead run ahead and perform other transfers using
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the same easy handle.
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