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added more text in the 'passwords' section

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Daniel Stenberg 2002-01-18 15:08:32 +00:00
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@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Global Preparation
Repeated calls to curl_global_init() and curl_global_cleanup() should be
avoided. They should be called once each.
Handle the easy libcurl
Handle the Easy libcurl
libcurl version 7 is oriented around the so called easy interface. All
operations in the easy interface are prefixed with 'curl_easy'.
@ -238,12 +238,13 @@ Upload Data to a Remote Site
the custom pointer libcurl will pass to our read callback. The read callback
should have a prototype similar to:
size_t function(char *buffer, size_t size, size_t nitems, void *userp);
size_t function(char *bufptr, size_t size, size_t nitems, void *userp);
Where buffer is the pointer to a buffer we fill in with data to upload and
size*nitems is the size of the buffer. The 'userp' pointer is the custom
pointer we set to point to a struct of ours to pass private data between the
application and the callback.
Where bufptr is the pointer to a buffer we fill in with data to upload and
size*nitems is the size of the buffer and therefore also the maximum amount
of data we can return to libcurl in this call. The 'userp' pointer is the
custom pointer we set to point to a struct of ours to pass private data
between the application and the callback.
curl_easy_setopt(easyhandle, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, read_function);
@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ Upload Data to a Remote Site
curl_easy_setopt(easyhandle, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, file_size);
So, then you call curl_easy_perform() this time, it'll perform all necessary
When you call curl_easy_perform() this time, it'll perform all the necessary
operations and when it has invoked the upload it'll call your supplied
callback to get the data to upload. The program should return as much data as
possible in every invoke, as that is likely to make the upload perform as
@ -273,7 +274,30 @@ Passwords
to be able to download or upload the data of your choice. libcurl offers
several ways to specify them.
[ URL, options, callback ]
Most protocols support that you specify the name and password in the URL
itself. libcurl will detect this and use them accordingly. This is written
like this:
protocol://user:password@example.com/path/
If you need any odd letters in your user name or password, you should enter
them URL encoded, as %XX where XX is a two-digit hexadecimal number.
libcurl also provides options to set various passwords. The user name and
password as shown embedded in the URL can instead get set with the
CURLOPT_USERPWD option. The argument passed to libcurl should be a char * to
a string in the format "user:password:". In a manner like this:
curl_easy_setopt(easyhandle, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "myname:thesecret");
Another case where name and password might be needed at times, is for those
users who need to athenticate themselves to a proxy they use. libcurl offers
another option for this, the CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD. It is used quite similar
to the CURLOPT_USERPWD option like this:
curl_easy_setopt(easyhandle, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, "myname:thesecret");
[ more options, setting passsword callback ]
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