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3.3 KiB
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76 lines
3.3 KiB
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.TH curl_easy_recv 3 "29 April 2008" "libcurl 7.18.2" "libcurl Manual"
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.SH NAME
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curl_easy_recv - receives raw data on an "easy" connection
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <curl/easy.h>
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.sp
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.BI "CURLcode curl_easy_recv( CURL *" curl ", void *" buffer ","
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.BI "size_t " buflen ", size_t *" n ");"
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.ad
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This function receives raw data from the established connection. You may use
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it together with \fIcurl_easy_send(3)\fP to implement custom protocols using
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libcurl. This functionality can be particularly useful if you use proxies
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and/or SSL encryption: libcurl will take care of proxy negotiation and
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connection set-up.
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\fBbuffer\fP is a pointer to your buffer that will get the received
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data. \fBbuflen\fP is the maximum amount of data you can get in that
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buffer. The variable \fBn\fP points to will receive the number of received
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bytes.
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To establish the connection, set \fBCURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY(3)\fP option before
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calling \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP or \fIcurl_multi_perform(3)\fP. Note that
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\fIcurl_easy_recv(3)\fP does not work on connections that were created without
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this option.
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You must ensure that the socket has data to read before calling
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\fIcurl_easy_recv(3)\fP, otherwise the call will return \fBCURLE_AGAIN\fP -
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the socket is used in non-blocking mode internally. Use
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\fIcurl_easy_getinfo(3)\fP with \fBCURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET(3)\fP to obtain the
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socket; use your operating system facilities like \fIselect(2)\fP to check if
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it has any data you can read.
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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Added in 7.18.2.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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On success, returns \fBCURLE_OK\fP, stores the received data into
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\fBbuffer\fP, and the number of bytes it actually read into \fB*n\fP.
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On failure, returns the appropriate error code.
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If there is no data to read, the function returns \fBCURLE_AGAIN\fP. Use your
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operating system facilities to wait until the data is ready, and retry.
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Reading exactly 0 bytes would indicate a closed connection.
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If there's no socket available to use from the previous transfer, this function
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returns CURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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See \fBsendrecv.c\fP in \fBdocs/examples\fP directory for usage example.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR curl_easy_setopt "(3), " curl_easy_perform "(3), "
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.BR curl_easy_getinfo "(3), "
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.BR curl_easy_send "(3) "
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