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24 .TH curl_easy_recv 3 "29 April 2008" "libcurl 7.18.2" "libcurl Manual"
26 curl_easy_recv - receives raw data on an "easy" connection
28 .B #include <curl/easy.h>
30 .BI "CURLcode curl_easy_recv( CURL *" curl ", void *" buffer ","
31 .BI "size_t " buflen ", size_t *" n ");"
34 This function receives raw data from the established connection. You may use
35 it together with \fIcurl_easy_send(3)\fP to implement custom protocols using
36 libcurl. This functionality can be particularly useful if you use proxies
37 and/or SSL encryption: libcurl will take care of proxy negotiation and
40 \fBbuffer\fP is a pointer to your buffer that will get the received
41 data. \fBbuflen\fP is the maximum amount of data you can get in that
42 buffer. The variable \fBn\fP points to will receive the number of received
45 To establish the connection, set \fBCURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY\fP option before
46 calling \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP. Note that \fIcurl_easy_recv(3)\fP does not
47 work on connections that were created without this option.
49 You must ensure that the socket has data to read before calling
50 \fIcurl_easy_recv(3)\fP, otherwise the call will return \fBCURLE_AGAIN\fP -
51 the socket is used in non-blocking mode internally. Use
52 \fIcurl_easy_getinfo(3)\fP with \fBCURLINFO_LASTSOCKET\fP to obtain the
53 socket; use your operating system facilities like \fIselect(2)\fP to check if
54 it has any data you can read.
58 On success, returns \fBCURLE_OK\fP, stores the received data into
59 \fBbuffer\fP, and the number of bytes it actually read into \fB*n\fP.
61 On failure, returns the appropriate error code.
63 If there is no data to read, the function returns \fBCURLE_AGAIN\fP. Use
64 your operating system facilities to wait until the data is ready, and retry.
66 See \fBsendrecv.c\fP in \fBdocs/examples\fP directory for usage example.
68 .BR curl_easy_setopt "(3), " curl_easy_perform "(3), "
69 .BR curl_easy_getinfo "(3), "
70 .BR curl_easy_send "(3) "