NAME

       curl_share_init - Create a shared object

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLSH *curl_share_init();

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  returns  a pointer to a CURLSH handle to be used as input to all the other
       share-functions,  sometimes  referred  to  as  a  share  handle  in  some  places  in  the
       documentation. This init call MUST have a corresponding call to curl_share_cleanup(3) when
       all operations using the share are complete.

       This share handle is what  you  pass  to  curl  using  the  CURLOPT_SHARE(3)  option  with
       curl_easy_setopt(3), to make that specific curl handle use the data in this share.

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURLSHcode sh;
         CURLSH *share = curl_share_init();
         sh = curl_share_setopt(share, CURLSHOPT_SHARE, CURL_LOCK_DATA_CONNECT);
         if(sh)
           printf("Error: %s\n", curl_share_strerror(sh));
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.10

RETURN VALUE

       If  this  function returns NULL, something went wrong (out of memory, etc.)  and therefore
       the share object was not created.

SEE ALSO

       curl_share_cleanup(3), curl_share_setopt(3)