CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETDATA - pointer passed to the socket close callback

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  DEFAULT  PROTOCOLS  EXAMPLE  AVAILABILITY  RETURN VALUE  SEE ALSO 

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NAME

CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETDATA − pointer passed to the socket close callback

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETDATA,
void *pointer);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer that remains untouched by libcurl and passed as the first argument in the closesocket callback set with CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETFUNCTION(3).

DEFAULT

The default value of this parameter is NULL.

PROTOCOLS

All except file:

EXAMPLE

struct priv {
void *custom;
};

static int closesocket(void *clientp, curl_socket_t item)
{
struct priv *my = clientp;
printf("our ptr: %p\n", my->custom);

printf("libcurl wants to close %d now\n", (int)item);
return 0;
}

int main(void)
{
struct priv myown;
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();

/* call this function to close sockets */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETFUNCTION, closesocket);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETDATA, &myown);

curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.21.7

RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO

CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETFUNCTION(3)

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