curl_url(3) Library Functions Manual curl_url(3)
NAME
curl_url - create a URL handle
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLU *curl_url();
DESCRIPTION
This function allocates a URL object and returns a CURLU handle for it,
to be used as input to all other URL API functions.
This is a handle to a URL object that holds or can hold URL components
for a single URL. When the object is first created, there is of course
no components stored. They are then set in the object with the
curl_url_set(3) function.
The object must be destroyed with a call to = when no
longer needed.
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all supported protocols
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURLUcode rc;
CURLU *url = curl_url();
rc = curl_url_set(url, CURLUPART_URL, "https://example.com", 0);
if(!rc) {
char *scheme;
rc = curl_url_get(url, CURLUPART_SCHEME, &scheme, 0);
if(!rc) {
printf("the scheme is %s\n", scheme);
curl_free(scheme);
}
curl_url_cleanup(url);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.62.0
RETURN VALUE
Returns a CURLU * if successful, or NULL if out of memory.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_CURLU(3), curl_url_cleanup(3), curl_url_dup(3),
curl_url_get(3), curl_url_set(3), curl_url_strerror(3)
libcurl 2026-03-23 curl_url(3)
curl 8.19.0 - Generated Tue Mar 24 15:59:16 CDT 2026