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curl_easy_init(3)                   libcurl                  curl_easy_init(3)

NAME
       curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURL *curl_easy_init();

DESCRIPTION
       This function must be the first function to call, and it returns a CURL
       easy handle that you must use as input to other functions in the easy
       interface. This call MUST have a corresponding call to
       curl_easy_cleanup(3) when the operation is complete.

       If you did not already call curl_global_init(3), curl_easy_init(3) does
       it automatically. This may be lethal in multi-threaded cases, since
       curl_global_init(3) is not thread-safe, and it may result in resource
       problems because there is no corresponding cleanup.

       You are strongly advised to not allow this automatic behavior, by
       calling curl_global_init(3) yourself properly. See the description in
       libcurl(3) of global environment requirements for details of how to use
       this function.

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         CURLcode res;
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Always

RETURN VALUE
       If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use
       the other curl functions.

SEE ALSO
       curl_easy_cleanup(3), curl_global_init(3), curl_easy_reset(3),
       curl_easy_perform(3)

libcurl 8.1.2                   April 26, 2023               curl_easy_init(3)