NAME

       curl_easy_duphandle - clone an easy handle

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURL *curl_easy_duphandle(CURL *handle);

DESCRIPTION

       This function returns a new curl handle, a duplicate, using all the options previously set
       in the input curl handle. Both handles can subsequently be  used  independently  and  they
       must both be freed with curl_easy_cleanup(3).

       Any  options  that  the  input  handle has been told to point to (as opposed to copy) with
       previous calls to curl_easy_setopt(3), are pointed to by the new handle as well. You  must
       therefore make sure to keep the data around until both handles have been cleaned up.

       The new handle does not inherit any state information, no connections, no SSL sessions and
       no cookies. It also does not inherit any share object states or  options  (created  as  if
       CURLOPT_SHARE(3) was set to NULL).

       If  the  source handle has HSTS or alt-svc enabled, the duplicate gets data read data from
       the main filename to populate the cache.

       In multi-threaded programs, this function must be called in a synchronous way,  the  input
       handle may not be in use when cloned.

PROTOCOLS

       This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

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

AVAILABILITY

       Added in curl 7.9

RETURN VALUE

       If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and no valid handle was returned.

SEE ALSO

       curl_easy_cleanup(3), curl_easy_init(3), curl_easy_reset(3), curl_global_init(3)