NAME

       curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURL *curl_easy_init();

DESCRIPTION

       This  function must be the first function to call, and it returns a CURL easy handle that you must use as
       input to  other  functions  in  the  easy  interface.  This  call  MUST  have  a  corresponding  call  to
       curl_easy_cleanup(3) when the operation is complete.

       If  you  did  not  already call curl_global_init(3), curl_easy_init(3) does it automatically. This may be
       lethal in multi-threaded cases, since curl_global_init(3) is  not  thread-safe,  and  it  may  result  in
       resource problems because there is no corresponding cleanup.

       You  are  strongly  advised to not allow this automatic behavior, by calling curl_global_init(3) yourself
       properly. See the description in libcurl(3) of global environment requirements for details of how to  use
       this function.

EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         CURLcode res;
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Always

RETURN VALUE

       If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use the other curl functions.

SEE ALSO

       curl_easy_cleanup(3), curl_global_init(3), curl_easy_reset(3), curl_easy_perform(3)