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CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3)              libcurl             CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER - error buffer for error messages

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, char *buf);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass  a char * to a buffer that libcurl may use to store human readable
       error messages on failures or problems. This may be more  helpful  than
       just  the  return code from curl_easy_perform(3) and related functions.
       The buffer must be at least CURL_ERROR_SIZE bytes big.

       You must keep the associated buffer available until libcurl  no  longer
       needs  it.  Failing  to do so might cause odd behavior or even crashes.
       libcurl might need it until you call curl_easy_cleanup(3)  or  you  set
       the same option again to use a different pointer.

       Do  not  rely  on  the  contents of the buffer unless an error code was
       returned.  Since 7.60.0 libcurl initializes the contents of  the  error
       buffer  to  an empty string before performing the transfer. For earlier
       versions if an error code was returned but there was  no  error  detail
       then the buffer was untouched.

       Consider  CURLOPT_VERBOSE(3)  and  CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3)  to  better
       debug and trace why errors happen.

DEFAULT
       NULL

PROTOCOLS
       All

EXAMPLE
       curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         CURLcode res;
         char errbuf[CURL_ERROR_SIZE];

         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

         /* provide a buffer to store errors in */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, errbuf);

         /* set the error buffer as empty before performing a request */
         errbuf[0] = 0;

         /* perform the request */
         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

         /* if the request did not complete correctly, show the error
         information. if no detailed error information was written to errbuf
         show the more generic information from curl_easy_strerror instead.
         */
         if(res != CURLE_OK) {
           size_t len = strlen(errbuf);
           fprintf(stderr, "\nlibcurl: (%d) ", res);
           if(len)
             fprintf(stderr, "%s%s", errbuf,
                     ((errbuf[len - 1] != '\n') ? "\n" : ""));
           else
             fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Always

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO
       curl_easy_strerror(3), curl_multi_strerror(3),  curl_share_strerror(3),
       curl_url_strerror(3), CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_VERBOSE(3)

ibcurl 8.4.0                  September 26, 2023        CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3)

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