NAME

       curl_easy_strerror - return string describing error code

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       const char *curl_easy_strerror(CURLcode errornum);

DESCRIPTION

       The  curl_easy_strerror(3)  function  returns  a string describing the CURLcode error code
       passed in the argument errornum.

       Typically applications also appreciate  CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3)  for  more  specific  error
       descriptions generated at run-time.

EXAMPLE

         /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
         /* Check for errors */
         if(res != CURLE_OK)
           fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
                   curl_easy_strerror(res));

AVAILABILITY

       This function was added in libcurl 7.12.0

RETURN VALUE

       A pointer to a null-terminated string.

SEE ALSO

       libcurl-errors(3), curl_multi_strerror(3), curl_share_strerror(3), curl_url_strerror(3)