NAME

       CURLOPT_WRITEDATA - pointer passed to the write callback

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, void *pointer);

DESCRIPTION

       A data pointer to pass to the write callback. If you use the CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3) option, this is the
       pointer  you  will get in that callback's 4th argument. If you do not use a write callback, you must make
       pointer a 'FILE *' (cast to 'void *') as libcurl will pass this to fwrite(3) when writing data.

       The internal CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3) will write the data to the FILE * given with  this  option,  or  to
       stdout if this option has not been set.

       If  you  are using libcurl as a win32 DLL, you MUST use a CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3) if you set this option
       or you will experience crashes.

DEFAULT

       By default, this is a FILE * to stdout.

PROTOCOLS

       Used for all protocols.

EXAMPLE

       A common technique is to use the write callback to store the incoming data  into  a  dynamically  growing
       allocated  buffer, and then this CURLOPT_WRITEDATA(3) is used to point to a struct or the buffer to store
       data in. Like in the getinmemory example: https://curl.se/libcurl/c/getinmemory.html

AVAILABILITY

       Available  in  all  libcurl  versions.  This  option  was  formerly  known  as  CURLOPT_FILE,  the   name
       CURLOPT_WRITEDATA(3) was introduced in 7.9.7.

RETURN VALUE

       This will return CURLE_OK.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_READDATA(3),

libcurl 7.81.0                                  November 26, 2021                           CURLOPT_WRITEDATA(3)