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multi-app.c

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/* <DESC>
 * A basic application source code using the multi interface doing two
 * transfers in parallel.
 * </DESC>
 */
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
 
/* somewhat unix-specific */
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
 
/* curl stuff */
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
/*
 * Download an HTTP file and upload an FTP file simultaneously.
 */
 
#define HANDLECOUNT 2   /* Number of simultaneous transfers */
#define HTTP_HANDLE 0   /* Index for the HTTP transfer */
#define FTP_HANDLE 1    /* Index for the FTP transfer */
 
int main(void)
{
  CURL *handles[HANDLECOUNT];
  CURLM *multi_handle;
 
  int still_running = 1; /* keep number of running handles */
  int i;
 
  CURLMsg *msg; /* for picking up messages with the transfer status */
  int msgs_left; /* how many messages are left */
 
  /* Allocate one CURL handle per transfer */
  for(i = 0; i<HANDLECOUNT; i++)
    handles[i] = curl_easy_init();
 
  /* set the options (I left out a few, you get the point anyway) */
  curl_easy_setopt(handles[HTTP_HANDLE], CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
 
  curl_easy_setopt(handles[FTP_HANDLE], CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com");
  curl_easy_setopt(handles[FTP_HANDLE], CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L);
 
  /* init a multi stack */
  multi_handle = curl_multi_init();
 
  /* add the individual transfers */
  for(i = 0; i<HANDLECOUNT; i++)
    curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, handles[i]);
 
  while(still_running) {
    CURLMcode mc = curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);
 
    if(still_running)
      /* wait for activity, timeout or "nothing" */
      mc = curl_multi_poll(multi_handle, NULL, 0, 1000, NULL);
 
    if(mc)
      break;
  }
  /* See how the transfers went */
  while((msg = curl_multi_info_read(multi_handle, &msgs_left))) {
    if(msg->msg == CURLMSG_DONE) {
      int idx;
 
      /* Find out which handle this message is about */
      for(idx = 0; idx<HANDLECOUNT; idx++) {
        int found = (msg->easy_handle == handles[idx]);
        if(found)
          break;
      }
 
      switch(idx) {
      case HTTP_HANDLE:
        printf("HTTP transfer completed with status %d\n", msg->data.result);
        break;
      case FTP_HANDLE:
        printf("FTP transfer completed with status %d\n", msg->data.result);
        break;
      }
    }
  }
 
  /* remove the transfers and cleanup the handles */
  for(i = 0; i<HANDLECOUNT; i++) {
    curl_multi_remove_handle(multi_handle, handles[i]);
    curl_easy_cleanup(handles[i]);
  }
 
  curl_multi_cleanup(multi_handle);
 
  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.