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curl_easy_send(3)                   libcurl                  curl_easy_send(3)

NAME
       curl_easy_send - sends raw data over an "easy" connection

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/easy.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_send(CURL *curl, const void *buffer,
                               size_t buflen, size_t *n);

DESCRIPTION
       This function sends arbitrary data over the established connection. You
       may use it together with curl_easy_recv(3) to implement  custom  proto-
       cols  using  libcurl.  This functionality can be particularly useful if
       you use proxies and/or SSL encryption:  libcurl  takes  care  of  proxy
       negotiation and connection setup.

       buffer  is  a  pointer to the data of length buflen that you want sent.
       The variable n points to receives the number of sent bytes.

       To establish the connection, set CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY(3) option  before
       calling   curl_easy_perform(3)   or  curl_multi_perform(3).  Note  that
       curl_easy_send(3) does not work on connections that were created  with-
       out this option.

       The  call  returns  CURLE_AGAIN if it's not possible to send data right
       now -  the  socket  is  used  in  non-blocking  mode  internally.  When
       CURLE_AGAIN  is  returned,  use  your  operating system facilities like
       select(2) to wait until the socket  is  writable.  The  socket  may  be
       obtained using curl_easy_getinfo(3) with CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET(3).

       Furthermore  if  you wait on the socket and it tells you it's writable,
       curl_easy_send(3) may return CURLE_AGAIN if the only data that was sent
       was for internal SSL processing, and no other data could be sent.

EXAMPLE
        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);

        if(res == CURLE_OK) {
          /* Extract the socket from the curl handle - we need it for waiting. */
          res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET, &sockfd);

          /* send data */
          res = curl_easy_send(curl, "hello", 5, &sent);
        }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.18.2.

RETURN VALUE
       On  success,  returns  CURLE_OK and stores the number of bytes actually
       sent into *n. Note that this may be less than the amount you wanted  to
       send.

       On failure, returns the appropriate error code.

       This  function may return CURLE_AGAIN. In this case, use your operating
       system facilities to wait until the socket is writable, and retry.

       If there is no socket available to use from the previous transfer, this
       function returns CURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL.

SEE ALSO
       curl_easy_setopt(3),     curl_easy_perform(3),    curl_easy_getinfo(3),
       curl_easy_recv(3)

libcurl 8.4.0                 September 26, 2023             curl_easy_send(3)

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