NAME

       CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA - pointer passed to the progress callback

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA, void *pointer);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass a pointer that is untouched by libcurl and passed as the first argument in the progress callback set
       with CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION(3).

       This is an alias for CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA(3).

DEFAULT

       The default value of this parameter is NULL.

PROTOCOLS

       All

EXAMPLE

       struct progress {
         char *private;
         size_t size;
       };

       static size_t progress_cb(void *clientp,
                                 curl_off_t dltotal,
                                 curl_off_t dlnow,
                                 curl_off_t ultotal,
                                 curl_off_t ulnow)
       {
         struct progress *memory = clientp;
         printf("private ptr: %p\n", memory->private);
         /* use the values */

         return 0; /* all is good */
       }

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           struct progress data;

           /* pass struct to callback  */
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA, &data);
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION, progress_cb);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.32.0

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS(3), CURLOPT_VERBOSE(3), CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION(3)

ibcurl 8.5.0                                    December 04, 2023                        CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA(3)