CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA

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

CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA - pointer passed to the progress callback  

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, void *pointer);

 

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer that is untouched by libcurl and passed as the first argument in the progress callback set with CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3).  

DEFAULT

NULL  

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects all supported protocols  

EXAMPLE

struct progress {
  char *private;
  size_t size;
};

static int progress_callback(void *clientp,
                             double dltotal,
                             double dlnow,
                             double ultotal,
                             double ulnow)
{
  struct progress *memory = clientp;
  printf("private: %pn", memor->private);

  /* use the values */

  return 0; /* all is good */
}

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    struct progress data;

    /* pass struct to callback */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, &data);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, progress_callback);

    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}

 

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_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION(3)

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