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 can't transfer anything without a specified  URL  as  you  may  have  figured  out
       yourself). You might want to set some callbacks as well that will be called from the library when data is
       available etc. curl_easy_setopt(3) is used for all this.

       When  all is setup, you tell libcurl to perform the transfer using curl_easy_perform(3).  It will then do
       the entire operation and won't 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're  done,
       cleanup  the  session  by  calling  curl_easy_cleanup(3).  If  you want persistent connections, you don't
       cleanup immediately, but instead run ahead and perform other transfers using the same easy handle.

libcurl 7.10.7                                     12 Aug 2003                                        libcurl(3)