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curl_easy_recv: Receive Data Guide

curl_easy_recv receives raw data from an established libcurl connection. It can be used with curl_easy_send to implement custom protocols. The function receives data into a buffer, returning the number of bytes read, or CURLE_AGAIN if no data is available. It requires the connection to be set up with CURLE_CONNECT_ONLY before calling curl_easy_perform.

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curl_easy_recv: Receive Data Guide

curl_easy_recv receives raw data from an established libcurl connection. It can be used with curl_easy_send to implement custom protocols. The function receives data into a buffer, returning the number of bytes read, or CURLE_AGAIN if no data is available. It requires the connection to be set up with CURLE_CONNECT_ONLY before calling curl_easy_perform.

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curl_easy_recv(3) libcurl Manual curl_easy_recv(3)

NAME
curl_easy_recv - receives raw data on an "easy" connection
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/easy.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_recv( CURL *curl, void *buffer, size_t buflen, size_t *n);
DESCRIPTION
This function receives raw data from the established connection. You may use it together with
curl_easy_send(3) to implement custom protocols using libcurl. This functionality can be particularly use-
ful if you use proxies and/or SSL encryption: libcurl will take care of proxy negotiation and connection set-
up.

buffer is a pointer to your buffer that will get the received data. buflen is the maximum amount of data you
can get in that buffer. The variable n points to will receive the number of received bytes.

To establish the connection, set CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY option before calling curl_easy_per-


form(3). Note that curl_easy_recv(3) does not work on connections that were created without this option.

You must ensure that the socket has data to read before calling curl_easy_recv(3), otherwise the call will
return CURLE_AGAIN - the socket is used in non-blocking mode internally. Use curl_easy_getinfo(3)
with CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET to obtain the socket; use your operating system facilities like select(2)
to check if it has any data you can read.
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.18.2.
RETURN VALUE
On success, returns CURLE_OK, stores the received data into buffer, and the number of bytes it actually
read into *n.

On failure, returns the appropriate error code.

If there is no data to read, the function returns CURLE_AGAIN. Use your operating system facilities to
wait until the data is ready, and retry.
EXAMPLE
See sendrecv.c in docs/examples directory for usage example.
SEE ALSO
curl_easy_setopt(3), curl_easy_perform(3), curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_send(3)

libcurl 7.18.2 29 April 2008 1

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