curl_multi_init(3) Library Functions Manual curl_multi_init(3)
NAME
curl_multi_init - create a multi handle
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLM *curl_multi_init();
DESCRIPTION
This function returns a pointer to a CURLM handle to be used as input
to all the other multi-functions, sometimes referred to as a multi
handle in some places in the documentation. This init call MUST have a
corresponding call to curl_multi_cleanup(3) when the operation is
complete.
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all supported protocols
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
/* init a multi stack */
CURLM *multi = curl_multi_init();
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
CURL *curl2 = curl_easy_init();
/* add individual transfers */
curl_multi_add_handle(multi, curl);
curl_multi_add_handle(multi, curl2);
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.9.6
RETURN VALUE
If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use
the other curl functions.
SEE ALSO
curl_easy_init(3), curl_global_init(3), curl_multi_add_handle(3),
curl_multi_cleanup(3), curl_multi_get_handles(3)
libcurl 2024-08-05 curl_multi_init(3)
curl 8.9.1 - Generated Mon Aug 5 15:50:57 CDT 2024