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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

curl_formget (3)

Name

curl_formget - serialize a previously built multipart/formdata HTTP POST chain

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>

int curl_formget(struct curl_httppost * form, void *userp,
curl_formget_callback append );

Description

curl_formget(3)                 libcurl Manual                 curl_formget(3)



NAME
       curl_formget  -  serialize  a  previously built multipart/formdata HTTP
       POST chain

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       int curl_formget(struct curl_httppost * form, void *userp,
                         curl_formget_callback append );

DESCRIPTION
       curl_formget() is used to serialize data previously built/appended with
       curl_formadd(3).  Accepts a void pointer as second argument named userp
       which will be passed as the first argument to the curl_formget_callback
       function.

       typedef  size_t (*curl_formget_callback)(void *userp, const char *buf,
       size_t len);

       The curl_formget_callback will be executed for each part  of  the  HTTP
       POST  chain.  The  character  buffer passed to the callback must not be
       freed. The callback should return the buffer length  passed  to  it  on
       success.

       If  the CURLFORM_STREAM option is used in the formpost, it will prevent
       curl_formget(3) from working until you have performed the  actual  HTTP
       request as only then will libcurl get the actual read callback to use!

EXAMPLE
        size_t print_httppost_callback(void *arg, const char *buf, size_t len)
        {
          fwrite(buf, len, 1, stdout);
          (*(size_t *) arg) += len;
          return len;
        }

        size_t print_httppost(struct curl_httppost *post)
        {
          size_t total_size = 0;
          if(curl_formget(post, &total_size, print_httppost_callback)) {
            return (size_t) -1;
          }
          return total_size;
        }

AVAILABILITY
       This  function  was added in libcurl 7.15.5. The form API is deprecated
       in libcurl 7.56.0.

RETURN VALUE
       0 means everything was ok, non-zero means an error occurred


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | web/curl         |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       curl_formadd(3), curl_mime_init(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                 October 31, 2021                curl_formget(3)