curl_easy_init(3)                         libcurl Manual                        curl_easy_init(3)



NAME
       curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       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 easy-functions. curl_easy_init initializes  curl  and  this
       call  MUST  have  a  corresponding call to curl_easy_cleanup(3) when the operation is com-
       plete.


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)



libcurl 7.8.1                              4 March 2002                         curl_easy_init(3)