NAME

       curl_easy_init - create an easy handle

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURL *curl_easy_init();

DESCRIPTION

       This function allocates and returns a CURL easy handle. Such a handle is used 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.

       The easy handle is used to hold and control a single network transfer. It is  encouraged  to  reuse  easy
       handles for repeated transfers.

       An   alternative  way  to  get  a  new  easy  handle  is  to  duplicate  an  already  existing  one  with
       curl_easy_duphandle(3), which has the upside that it gets all the options that were  set  in  the  source
       handle set in the new copy as well.

       If  you  did not already call curl_global_init(3) before calling this function, curl_easy_init(3) does it
       automatically. This can be lethal in multi-threaded cases for platforms where curl_global_init(3) is  not
       thread-safe, and it may then result in resource problems because there is no corresponding cleanup.

       You  are  strongly  advised to not allow this automatic behavior, 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.

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

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

SEE ALSO

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

libcurl                                            2024-12-11                                  curl_easy_init(3)