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Re: Differences between the buffer-oriented curl_fromadd() parameters

From: Holger Rauch <Holger.Rauch_at_heitec.de>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:10:02 +0200 (CEST)

Hi Daniel!

Thanks again for your quick and informative reply!

On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Daniel Stenberg wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Holger Rauch wrote:
> > What I'm actually trying to do is that I want to upload a buffer using HTTP
> > POST request. Basically, the buffer is similar to what's provided in the
> > example section of the man page:
> >
> > char htmlbuffer[] = "<HTML>test buffer</HTML>";
> >
> > but it's longer and contains XML instead of HTML data.
>
> If all you want to do is make a normal POST, then curl_formadd() is not the
> way to go. This is only used for multipart (RFC1867) formposts.

Sorry, but I wasn't precise enough. I also need to add additional form
parameters, such as

curl_formadd( &post, &last,
         CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "_sessionId",
         CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, sessionid,
         CURLFORM_END );

and

curl_formadd( &post, &last,
         CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "_sessionKey",
         CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, sessionkey,
         CURLFORM_END );

So I think it is a multipart form.

> [...] But if the
> part is a "file upload" part, it also has a file name. So, to make a part of
> look like a file upload part to the receiver, all those three data need to
> exist in the part.

Thanks. I got it now :-)

> The COPYNAME and PTRNAME set the name of the part. COPYCONTENTS and
> PTRCONTENTS set contents. FILECONTENT is a special one that lets you name a
> file instead of content data, and libcurl will get the contents from that
> named file instead.

This one as well :-) One question though: Does FILECONTENT also set the
file name?

> [...]
> They'll both create identical formparts. The only difference is how libcurl
> will refer to the data. The COPY* ones make libcurl copy the data and keep
> track of it itself, while the PTR* ones make libcurl use the buffer you point
> to.

Thanks. Sorted out as well.

> [...]
> But that is already the general idea behind the naming of these options!
> *NAME set the name of the part, *CONTENTS set the contents part. The other
> options are mainly there to build file-upload parts, as they need file name
> too for example.

Now I (finally) got it :-)

Just one suggestion: I think if most of what's been written in the replies
by Chris and you went into the curl_formadd() man page the idea behind
curl_formadd() in conjunction with its usage would be much clearer. Are
there any plans for updating the curl_formadd() man page in this
respect? Another good place would probably be the tutorial.

When I want to add anything to either the tutorial or the
curl_formadd() man page, am I supposed to work on the HTML version or the
original man page source?

Thanks in advance for any info!

Kind regards,

        Holger

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Received on 2002-10-02