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! 23: .TH CURLOPT_PRIVATE 3 "March 23, 2020" "libcurl 7.70.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
! 24:
! 25: .SH NAME
! 26: CURLOPT_PRIVATE \- store a private pointer
! 27: .SH SYNOPSIS
! 28: #include <curl/curl.h>
! 29:
! 30: CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, void *pointer);
! 31: .SH DESCRIPTION
! 32: Pass a void * as parameter, pointing to data that should be associated with
! 33: this curl handle. The pointer can subsequently be retrieved using
! 34: \fIcurl_easy_getinfo(3)\fP with the CURLINFO_PRIVATE option. libcurl itself
! 35: never does anything with this data.
! 36: .SH DEFAULT
! 37: NULL
! 38: .SH PROTOCOLS
! 39: All
! 40: .SH EXAMPLE
! 41: .nf
! 42: CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
! 43: struct private secrets;
! 44: if(curl) {
! 45: struct private *extracted;
! 46: curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
! 47:
! 48: /* store a pointer to our private struct */
! 49: curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, &secrets);
! 50:
! 51: curl_easy_perform(curl);
! 52:
! 53: /* we can extract the private pointer again too */
! 54: curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, &extracted);
! 55: }
! 56: .fi
! 57: .SH AVAILABILITY
! 58: Added in 7.10.3
! 59: .SH RETURN VALUE
! 60: Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
! 61: .SH "SEE ALSO"
! 62: .BR CURLOPT_VERBOSE "(3), " CURLOPT_STDERR "(3), "
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