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multi-single.c

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/* <DESC>
 * using the multi interface to do a single download
 * </DESC>
 */
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
 
/* somewhat unix-specific */
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
 
/* curl stuff */
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
/*
 * Simply download an HTTP file.
 */
int main(void)
{
  CURL *http_handle;
  CURLM *multi_handle;
  int still_running = 1; /* keep number of running handles */
 
  curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
 
  http_handle = curl_easy_init();
 
  /* set the options (I left out a few, you get the point anyway) */
  curl_easy_setopt(http_handle, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.example.com/");
 
  /* init a multi stack */
  multi_handle = curl_multi_init();
 
  /* add the individual transfers */
  curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, http_handle);
 
  do {
    CURLMcode mc = curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);
 
    if(!mc)
      /* wait for activity, timeout or "nothing" */
      mc = curl_multi_poll(multi_handle, NULL, 0, 1000, NULL);
 
    if(mc) {
      fprintf(stderr, "curl_multi_poll() failed, code %d.\n", (int)mc);
      break;
    }
 
  } while(still_running);
 
  curl_multi_remove_handle(multi_handle, http_handle);
 
  curl_easy_cleanup(http_handle);
 
  curl_multi_cleanup(multi_handle);
 
  curl_global_cleanup();
 
  return 0;
}

Notice

This source code example is simplified and ignores return codes and error checks to a large extent. We do this to highlight the libcurl function calls and related options and reduce unrelated code.

A real-world application will of course properly check every return value and exit correctly at the first serious error.