NAME

       libcurl-easy - easy interface overview

DESCRIPTION

       When  using  libcurl's  "easy"  interface you init your session and get a handle (often referred to as an
       "easy handle"), which you use as input to the easy interface functions you use. Use curl_easy_init(3)  to
       get the handle.

       You  continue by setting all the options you want in the upcoming transfer, the most important among them
       is the URL itself (you cannot transfer anything without a specified URL  as  you  may  have  figured  out
       yourself).  You  might  want  to set some callbacks as well that are called from the library when data is
       available etc. curl_easy_setopt(3) is used for all this.

       CURLOPT_URL(3) is the only option you really must set, as otherwise there can  be  no  transfer.  Another
       commonly used option is CURLOPT_VERBOSE(3) that helps you see what libcurl is doing under the hood, which
       is useful when debugging for example. The curl_easy_setopt(3) man page has a full index of the almost 300
       available options.

       If you at any point would like to blank all previously set options for a single easy handle, you can call
       curl_easy_reset(3) and you can also make a clone of an easy handle  (with  all  its  set  options)  using
       curl_easy_duphandle(3).

       When  all  is setup, you tell libcurl to perform the transfer using curl_easy_perform(3). It performs the
       entire transfer operation and does not return until it is done (successfully or not).

       After the transfer has been made, you can set new options and make another transfer, or if you are  done,
       cleanup  the  session  by  calling  curl_easy_cleanup(3).  If you want persistent connections, you do not
       cleanup immediately, but instead run ahead and perform other transfers using the same easy handle.

SEE ALSO

       curl_easy_init(3),  curl_easy_cleanup(3),   curl_easy_setopt(3),   libcurl-errors(3),   libcurl-multi(3),
       libcurl(3)