NAME

       curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURL *curl_easy_init( );

DESCRIPTION

       This  function must be the first function to call, and it returns a CURL easy handle that you must use as
       input to  other  functions  in  the  easy  interface.  This  call  MUST  have  a  corresponding  call  to
       curl_easy_cleanup(3) when the operation is complete.

       If  you  did  not already call curl_global_init(3), curl_easy_init(3) does it automatically.  This may be
       lethal in multi-threaded cases, since curl_global_init(3) is  not  thread-safe,  and  it  may  result  in
       resource problems because there is no corresponding cleanup.

       You  are  strongly advised to not allow this automatic behaviour, by calling curl_global_init(3) yourself
       properly.  See the description in libcurl(3) of global environment requirements for details of how to use
       this function.

RETURN VALUE

       If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use the other curl functions.

EXAMPLE

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

SEE ALSO

       curl_easy_cleanup(3), curl_global_init(3), curl_easy_reset(3), curl_easy_perform(3)