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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/libgnurl-easy.3 b/docs/libcurl/libgnurl-easy.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d112632fa --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/libcurl/libgnurl-easy.3 @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +.\" ************************************************************************** +.\" * _ _ ____ _ +.\" * Project ___| | | | _ \| | +.\" * / __| | | | |_) | | +.\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ +.\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| +.\" * +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * +.\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which +.\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms +.\" * are also available at https://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html. +.\" * +.\" * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell +.\" * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is +.\" * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file. +.\" * +.\" * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY +.\" * KIND, either express or implied. +.\" * +.\" ************************************************************************** +.TH libcurl 3 "19 Sep 2014" "libcurl" "libcurl easy interface" +.SH NAME +libcurl-easy \- easy interface overview +.SH DESCRIPTION +When using libcurl's "easy" interface you init your session and get a handle +(often referred to as an "easy handle"), which you use as input to the easy +interface functions you use. Use \fIcurl_easy_init(3)\fP to get the handle. + +You continue by setting all the options you want in the upcoming transfer, the +most important among them is the URL itself (you can't transfer anything +without a specified URL as you may have figured out yourself). You might want +to set some callbacks as well that will be called from the library when data +is available etc. \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP is used for all this. + +\fICURLOPT_URL(3)\fP is only option you really must set, as otherwise there +can be no transfer. Another commonly used option is \fICURLOPT_VERBOSE(3)\fP +that will help you see what libcurl is doing under the hood, very useful when +debugging for example. The \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP man page has a full index +of the over 200 available options. + +If you at any point would like to blank all previously set options for a +single easy handle, you can call \fIcurl_easy_reset(3)\fP and you can also +make a clone of an easy handle (with all its set options) using +\fIcurl_easy_duphandle(3)\fP. + +When all is setup, you tell libcurl to perform the transfer using +\fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP. It will then do the entire operation and won't +return until it is done (successfully or not). + +After the transfer has been made, you can set new options and make another +transfer, or if you're done, cleanup the session by calling +\fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP. If you want persistent connections, you don't +cleanup immediately, but instead run ahead and perform other transfers using +the same easy handle. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR curl_easy_init "(3)," curl_easy_cleanup "(3)," curl_easy_setopt "(3), " +.BR libcurl-errors "(3), " libcurl-multi "(3), " libcurl "(3) " |