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curl_url(3) Introduction to Library Functions curl_url(3)

NAME

curl_url - create a URL handle

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLU *curl_url();

DESCRIPTION

This function allocates a URL object and returns a CURLU handle for
it, to be used as input to all other URL API functions.

This is a handle to a URL object that holds or can hold URL
components for a single URL. When the object is first created, there
is of course no components stored. They are then set in the object
with the curl_url_set(3) function.

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
CURLUcode rc;
CURLU *url = curl_url();
rc = curl_url_set(url, CURLUPART_URL, "https://example.com", 0);
if(!rc) {
char *scheme;
rc = curl_url_get(url, CURLUPART_SCHEME, &scheme, 0);
if(!rc) {
printf("the scheme is %s\n", scheme);
curl_free(scheme);
}
curl_url_cleanup(url);
}
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.62.0

RETURN VALUE

Returns a CURLU * if successful, or NULL if out of memory.