curl_mime_filedata.md (2636B)
1 --- 2 c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. 3 SPDX-License-Identifier: curl 4 Title: curl_mime_filedata 5 Section: 3 6 Source: libcurl 7 See-also: 8 - curl_mime_addpart (3) 9 - curl_mime_data (3) 10 - curl_mime_filename (3) 11 - curl_mime_name (3) 12 Protocol: 13 - HTTP 14 - IMAP 15 - SMTP 16 Added-in: 7.56.0 17 --- 18 19 # NAME 20 21 curl_mime_filedata - set a mime part's body data from a file contents 22 23 # SYNOPSIS 24 25 ~~~c 26 #include <curl/curl.h> 27 28 CURLcode curl_mime_filedata(curl_mimepart *part, 29 const char *filename); 30 ~~~ 31 32 # DESCRIPTION 33 34 curl_mime_filedata(3) sets a mime part's body content from the named 35 file's contents. This is an alternative to curl_mime_data(3) for setting 36 data to a mime part. 37 38 *part* is the part's to assign contents to. 39 40 *filename* points to the null-terminated file's path name. The pointer can 41 be NULL to detach the previous part contents settings. Filename storage can 42 be safely be reused after this call. 43 44 As a side effect, the part's remote filename is set to the base name of the 45 given *filename* if it is a valid named file. This can be undone or 46 overridden by a subsequent call to curl_mime_filename(3). 47 48 The contents of the file is read during the file transfer in a streaming 49 manner to allow huge files to get transferred without using much memory. It 50 therefore requires that the file is kept intact during the entire request. 51 52 If the file size cannot be determined before actually reading it (such as for 53 a character device or named pipe), the whole mime structure containing the 54 part is transferred using chunks by HTTP but is rejected by IMAP. 55 56 Setting a part's contents multiple times is valid: only the value set by the 57 last call is retained. 58 59 # %PROTOCOLS% 60 61 # EXAMPLE 62 63 ~~~c 64 int main(void) 65 { 66 curl_mime *mime; 67 curl_mimepart *part; 68 69 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); 70 if(curl) { 71 /* create a mime handle */ 72 mime = curl_mime_init(curl); 73 74 /* add a part */ 75 part = curl_mime_addpart(mime); 76 77 /* send data from this file */ 78 curl_mime_filedata(part, "image.png"); 79 80 /* set name */ 81 curl_mime_name(part, "data"); 82 } 83 } 84 ~~~ 85 86 # %AVAILABILITY% 87 88 # RETURN VALUE 89 90 This function returns a CURLcode indicating success or error. 91 92 CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see 93 libcurl-errors(3). If CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3) was set with curl_easy_setopt(3) 94 there can be an error message stored in the error buffer when non-zero is 95 returned. 96 97 CURLE_READ_ERROR is only an indication that the file is not yet readable: it 98 can be safely ignored at this time, but the file must be made readable before 99 the pertaining easy handle is performed.