NAME

       libcurl-easy - easy interface overview

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 curl_easy_init(3)  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. curl_easy_setopt(3) is used for all this.

       CURLOPT_URL(3)  is  only  option  you  really  must  set,  as otherwise there can be no transfer. Another
       commonly used option is CURLOPT_VERBOSE(3) that will help you see what libcurl is doing under  the  hood,
       very useful when debugging for example. The curl_easy_setopt(3) 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
       curl_easy_reset(3)  and  you  can  also  make  a clone of an easy handle (with all its set options) using
       curl_easy_duphandle(3).

       When all is setup, you tell libcurl to perform the transfer using curl_easy_perform(3).  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 curl_easy_cleanup(3).  If  you  want  persistent  connections,  you  don't
       cleanup immediately, but instead run ahead and perform other transfers using the same easy handle.

SEE ALSO

       curl_easy_init(3),curl_easy_cleanup(3),curl_easy_setopt(3),      libcurl-errors(3),     libcurl-multi(3),
       libcurl(3)

libcurl 7.68.0                                  February 03, 2016                                     libcurl(3)