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@ -479,9 +479,13 @@ application/x-www-form-urlencoded" header. (This is by far the most commonly
used POST method). used POST method).
Use the \fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDS\fP option to specify what data to post and Use the \fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDS\fP option to specify what data to post and
\fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE\fP to set the data size. Optionally, you can provide \fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE\fP to set the data size.
data to POST using the \fICURLOPT_READFUNCTION\fP and \fICURLOPT_READDATA\fP
options. Optionally, you can provide data to POST using the \fICURLOPT_READFUNCTION\fP
and \fICURLOPT_READDATA\fP options but then you must make sure to not set
\fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDS\fP to anything but NULL. When providing data with a
callback, you must transmit it using chunked transfer-encoding or you must set
the size of the data with the \fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE\f option.
You can override the default POST Content-Type: header by setting your own You can override the default POST Content-Type: header by setting your own
with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER\fP. with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER\fP.
@ -518,7 +522,7 @@ the \fICURLOPT_HTTPPOST\fP option.
If you want to post data to the server without letting libcurl do a strlen() If you want to post data to the server without letting libcurl do a strlen()
to measure the data size, this option must be used. When this option is used to measure the data size, this option must be used. When this option is used
you can post fully binary data, which otherwise is likely to fail. If this you can post fully binary data, which otherwise is likely to fail. If this
size is set to zero, the library will use strlen() to get the size. size is set to -1, the library will use strlen() to get the size.
.IP CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE .IP CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE
Pass a curl_off_t as parameter. Use this to set the size of the Pass a curl_off_t as parameter. Use this to set the size of the
\fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDS\fP data to prevent libcurl from doing strlen() on the \fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDS\fP data to prevent libcurl from doing strlen() on the