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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET (3)

Name

CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET - get the last socket used

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET, long *socket);

Description

CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET(3)     curl_easy_getinfo options    CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET(3)



NAME
       CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET - get the last socket used

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET, long *socket);

DESCRIPTION
       Deprecated since 7.45.0. Use CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET(3) instead.

       Pass  a  pointer to a long to receive the last socket used by this curl
       session. If the socket is no longer valid, -1  is  returned.  When  you
       finish  working  with  the socket, you must call curl_easy_cleanup() as
       usual and let libcurl close the  socket  and  cleanup  other  resources
       associated  with the handle. This is typically used in combination with
       CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY(3).

       NOTE: this API is deprecated since it is not working on win64 where the
       SOCKET  type  is  64  bits  large  while its 'long' is 32 bits. Use the
       CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET(3) instead, if possible.

PROTOCOLS
       All

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         long sockfd; /* does not work on win64! */
         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_LASTSOCKET, &sockfd);

         if(res != CURLE_OK) {
           printf("Error: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));
           return 1;
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.15.2

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_ACTIVESOCKET(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_LASTSOCKET(3)