NAME

       CURLOPT_MIMEPOST - send data from mime structure

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       curl_mime *mime;

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MIMEPOST, mime);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass a mime handle previously obtained from curl_mime_init(3).

       This  setting  is  supported  by  the  HTTP  protocol to post forms and by the SMTP and IMAP protocols to
       provide the email data to send/upload.

       This option is the preferred way of posting an HTTP form, replacing and extending the CURLOPT_HTTPPOST(3)
       option.

       When setting CURLOPT_MIMEPOST(3) to NULL, libcurl resets the request type for  HTTP  to  the  default  to
       disable  the POST. Typically that would mean it is reset to GET. Instead you should set a desired request
       method explicitly.

PROTOCOLS

       This functionality affects http, imap and smtp

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           curl_mime *multipart = curl_mime_init(curl);
           if(multipart) {
             curl_mimepart *part = curl_mime_addpart(multipart);
             curl_mime_name(part, "name");
             curl_mime_data(part, "daniel", CURL_ZERO_TERMINATED);
             part = curl_mime_addpart(multipart);
             curl_mime_name(part, "project");
             curl_mime_data(part, "curl", CURL_ZERO_TERMINATED);
             part = curl_mime_addpart(multipart);
             curl_mime_name(part, "logotype-image");
             curl_mime_filedata(part, "curl.png");

             /* Set the form info */
             curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MIMEPOST, multipart);

             curl_easy_perform(curl); /* post away */
             curl_mime_free(multipart); /* free the post data */
           }
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in curl 7.56.0

RETURN VALUE

       This returns CURLE_OK.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_HTTPPOST(3), CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3), CURLOPT_PUT(3), curl_mime_init(3)

libcurl                                            2025-03-05                                CURLOPT_MIMEPOST(3)