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.TH CURLOPT_WRITEDATA 3 "16 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
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.SH NAME
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CURLOPT_WRITEDATA \- custom pointer passed to the write callback
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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#include <curl/curl.h>
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CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, void *pointer);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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A data \fIpointer\fP to pass to the write callback. If you use the
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\fICURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3)\fP option, this is the pointer you'll get in that
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callback's 4th argument. If you don't use a write callback, you must make
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\fIpointer\fP a 'FILE *' (cast to 'void *') as libcurl will pass this to
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\fIfwrite(3)\fP when writing data.
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The internal \fICURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3)\fP will write the data to the FILE *
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given with this option, or to stdout if this option hasn't been set.
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If you're using libcurl as a win32 DLL, you \fBMUST\fP use the
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\fICURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION\fP if you set this option or you will experience
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crashes.
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.SH DEFAULT
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By default, this is a FILE * to stdout.
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.SH PROTOCOLS
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Used for all protocols.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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A common technique is to use the write callback to store the incoming data
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into a dynamically growing allocated buffer, and then this CURLOPT_WRITEDATA
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is used to point to a struct or the buffer to store data in. Like in the
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getinmemory example: http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/getinmemory.html
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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2014-06-17 04:02:14 -04:00
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Available in all libcurl versions. This option was formerly known as
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\fICURLOPT_FILE\fP, the name \fICURLOPT_WRITEDATA\fP was introduced in 7.9.7.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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This will return CURLE_OK.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION "(3), " CURLOPT_READDATA "(3), "
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