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curl_easy_reset - reset all options of a libcurl session handle

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  PROTOCOLS  EXAMPLE  AVAILABILITY  RETURN VALUE  SEE ALSO 

NAME

curl_easy_reset − reset all options of a libcurl session handle

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

void curl_easy_reset(CURL *handle);

DESCRIPTION

Re−initializes all options previously set on a specified curl handle to the default values. This puts back the handle to the same state as it was in when it was created with curl_easy_init(3).

It does not change the following information kept in the handle: live connections, the Session ID cache, the DNS cache, the cookies, the shares or the alt−svc cache.

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {

/* ... the handle is used and options are set ... */
curl_easy_reset(curl);
}
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.12.1

RETURN VALUE

Nothing

SEE ALSO

curl_easy_cleanup(3), curl_easy_duphandle(3), curl_easy_init(3), curl_easy_setopt(3)


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se