curl_easy_cleanup - End a libcurl easy handle
#include <curl/curl.h> void curl_easy_cleanup(CURL *handle);
curl_easy_cleanup(3) libcurl Manual curl_easy_cleanup(3) NAME curl_easy_cleanup - End a libcurl easy handle SYNOPSIS #include <curl/curl.h> void curl_easy_cleanup(CURL *handle); DESCRIPTION This function must be the last function to call for an easy session. It is the opposite of the curl_easy_init(3) function and must be called with the same handle as input that a curl_easy_init(3) call returned. This might close all connections this handle has used and possibly has kept open until now - unless it was attached to a multi handle while doing the transfers. Do not call this function if you intend to trans- fer more files, re-using handles is a key to good performance with libcurl. Occasionally you may get your progress callback or header callback called from within curl_easy_cleanup(3) (if previously set for the han- dle using curl_easy_setopt(3)). Like if libcurl decides to shut down the connection and the protocol is of a kind that requires a com- mand/response sequence before disconnect. Examples of such protocols are FTP, POP3 and IMAP. Any use of the handle after this function has been called and have returned, is illegal. curl_easy_cleanup(3) kills the handle and all memory associated with it! To close an easy handle that has been used with the multi interface, make sure to call curl_multi_remove_handle(3) first to remove it from the multi handle before it is closed. Passing in a NULL pointer in handle will make this function return immediately with no action. EXAMPLE 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 7.1 RETURN VALUE None ATTRIBUTES See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+------------------+ |Availability | web/curl | +---------------+------------------+ |Stability | Uncommitted | +---------------+------------------+ SEE ALSO curl_easy_init(3), curl_easy_duphandle(3), curl_easy_reset(3), curl_multi_cleanup(3), curl_multi_remove_handle(3) NOTES Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source- code-downloads.html. This software was built from source available at https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community source was downloaded from https://curl.se/down- load/curl-7.83.1.tar.bz2. Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at http://curl.haxx.se/. libcurl 7.83.1 November 26, 2021 curl_easy_cleanup(3)