CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET - get the active socket
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET, curl_socket_t *socket);
CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET(3) curl_easy_getinfo options CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET(3)
NAME
CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET - get the active socket
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET,
curl_socket_t *socket);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a curl_socket_t to receive the most recently active
socket used for the transfer connection by this curl session. If the
socket is no longer valid, CURL_SOCKET_BAD is returned. When you are
finished working with the socket, you must call curl_easy_cleanup(3) as
usual on the easy handle and let libcurl close the socket and cleanup
other resources associated with the handle. This option returns the
active socket only after the transfer is complete, and is typically
used in combination with CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY(3), which skips the
transfer phase.
CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET(3) was added as a replacement for CURLINFO_LAST-
SOCKET(3) since that one is not working on all platforms.
PROTOCOLS
All
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_socket_t sockfd;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* Do not do the transfer - only connect to host */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY, 1L);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
/* Extract the socket from the curl handle */
res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET, &sockfd);
if(res != CURLE_OK) {
printf("Error: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));
return 1;
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.45.0
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
if not.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | web/curl |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3), CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET(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 CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET(3)