curl_url

Section: libcurl Manual (3)
Updated: March 27, 2021
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NAME

curl_url - returns a new CURLU handle

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLU *curl_url();

DESCRIPTION

This function will allocates and returns a pointer to a fresh CURLU handle, to be used for further use of the URL API.

RETURN VALUE

Returns a CURLU * if successful, or NULL if out of memory.

EXAMPLE

  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