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NAME
CURLOPT_MIMEPOST - send data from mime structure
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h> curl_mime *mime; CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MIMEPOST, mime);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a mime handle previously obtained from curl_mime_init(3). This setting is supported by the HTTP protocol to post forms and by the SMTP and IMAP protocols to provide the email data to send/upload. This option is the preferred way of posting an HTTP form, replacing and extending the deprecated CURLOPT_HTTPPOST(3) option.
PROTOCOLS
HTTP, SMTP, IMAP.
EXAMPLE
Using this option implies the use of several mime structure building functions: see https://curl.se/libcurl/c/smtp-mime.html for a complete example.
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.56.0
RETURN VALUE
This will return CURLE_OK.
SEE ALSO
curl_mime_init(3)