xref: /third_party/curl/docs/examples/http-post.c (revision 13498266)
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24/* <DESC>
25 * simple HTTP POST using the easy interface
26 * </DESC>
27 */
28#include <stdio.h>
29#include <curl/curl.h>
30
31int main(void)
32{
33  CURL *curl;
34  CURLcode res;
35
36  /* In windows, this will init the winsock stuff */
37  curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
38
39  /* get a curl handle */
40  curl = curl_easy_init();
41  if(curl) {
42    /* First set the URL that is about to receive our POST. This URL can
43       just as well be an https:// URL if that is what should receive the
44       data. */
45    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://postit.example.com/moo.cgi");
46    /* Now specify the POST data */
47    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "name=daniel&project=curl");
48
49    /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
50    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
51    /* Check for errors */
52    if(res != CURLE_OK)
53      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
54              curl_easy_strerror(res));
55
56    /* always cleanup */
57    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
58  }
59  curl_global_cleanup();
60  return 0;
61}
62