NAME

       curl_easy_perform - perform a blocking network transfer

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_perform(CURL *easy_handle);

DESCRIPTION

       curl_easy_perform(3)  performs  a network transfer in a blocking manner and returns when done, or earlier
       if it fails. For non-blocking behavior, see curl_multi_perform(3).

       Invoke this function after curl_easy_init(3) and all the  curl_easy_setopt(3)  calls  are  made,  and  it
       performs  the  transfer as described in the options. It must be called with the same easy_handle as input
       as the curl_easy_init(3) call returned.

       You can do any amount of calls to curl_easy_perform(3) while using the same easy_handle. If you intend to
       transfer more than one file, you are even encouraged  to  do  so.  libcurl  attempts  to  reuse  existing
       connections  for  the  following transfers, thus making the operations faster, less CPU intense and using
       less network resources. You probably want to use curl_easy_setopt(3) between the invokes to  set  options
       for the following curl_easy_perform(3) call.

       You  must  never  call  this  function simultaneously from two places using the same easy_handle. Let the
       function return first before invoking it another time. If you  want  parallel  transfers,  you  must  use
       several curl easy_handles.

       A  network transfer moves data to a peer or from a peer. An application tells libcurl how to receive data
       by setting the CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3) and CURLOPT_WRITEDATA(3) options. To tell libcurl  what  data  to
       send,   there  are  a  few  more  alternatives  but  two  common  ones  are  CURLOPT_READFUNCTION(3)  and
       CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3).

       While the easy_handle is added to a multi handle, it cannot be used by curl_easy_perform(3).

PROTOCOLS

       This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           CURLcode res;
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
           res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
           curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in curl 7.1

RETURN VALUE

       This function returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

       CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK,  non-zero  means  an  error  occurred,  see  libcurl-errors(3).  If
       CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3) was set with curl_easy_setopt(3) there can be an error message stored in the error
       buffer when non-zero is returned.

SEE ALSO

       curl_easy_init(3),   curl_easy_setopt(3),   curl_multi_add_handle(3),   curl_multi_perform(3),   libcurl-
       errors(3)

libcurl                                            2025-03-05                               curl_easy_perform(3)