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 runtime.

PROTOCOLS

       This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           CURLcode res;
           /* set options */
           /* Perform the entire transfer */
           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

       Added in curl 7.12.0

RETURN VALUE

       A pointer to a null-terminated string.

SEE ALSO

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