CURLOPT_HTTPPOST

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 202-0-19
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NAME

CURLOPT_HTTPPOST - multipart formpost content  

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTPPOST,
                          struct curl_httppost *formpost);

 

DESCRIPTION

This option is deprecated. Use CURLOPT_MIMEPOST(3) instead.

Tells libcurl you want a multipart/formdata HTTP POST to be made and you instruct what data to pass on to the server in the formpost argument. Pass a pointer to a linked list of curl_httppost structs as parameter. The easiest way to create such a list, is to use curl_formadd(3) as documented. The data in this list must remain intact as long as the curl transfer is alive and is using it.

Using POST with HTTP 1.1 implies the use of a "Expect: 100-continue" header. You can disable this header with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3).

When setting CURLOPT_HTTPPOST(3), libcurl automatically sets CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) to 0.  

DEFAULT

NULL  

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects http only  

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
  struct curl_httppost *formpost;
  struct curl_httppost *lastptr;

  /* Fill in the file upload field. This makes libcurl load data from
     the given filename when curl_easy_perform() is called. */
  curl_formadd(&formpost,
               &lastptr,
               CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "sendfile",
               CURLFORM_FILE, "postit2.c",
               CURLFORM_END);

  /* Fill in the filename field */
  curl_formadd(&formpost,
               &lastptr,
               CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "filename",
               CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "postit2.c",
               CURLFORM_END);

  /* Fill in the submit field too, even if this is rarely needed */
  curl_formadd(&formpost,
               &lastptr,
               CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "submit",
               CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "send",
               CURLFORM_END);

  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPPOST, formpost);
    curl_easy_perform(curl);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
  curl_formfree(formpost);
}

 

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 7.56.0.  

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.1  

RETURN VALUE

curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).  

SEE ALSO

CURLOPT_MIMEPOST(3), CURLOPT_POST(3), CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3), curl_formadd(3), curl_formfree(3), curl_mime_init(3)

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NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

DEFAULT

PROTOCOLS

EXAMPLE

DEPRECATED

AVAILABILITY

RETURN VALUE

SEE ALSO