curl_multi_init(3) libcurl Manual curl_multi_init(3)
NAME
curl_multi_init - create a multi handle
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLM *curl_multi_init();
DESCRIPTION
This function returns a CURLM handle to be used as input to all the
other multi-functions, sometimes referred to as a multi handle in some
places in the documentation. This init call MUST have a corresponding
call to curl_multi_cleanup(3) when the operation is complete.
EXAMPLE
/* init a multi stack */
multi_handle = curl_multi_init();
/* add individual transfers */
curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, http_handle);
curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, http_handle2);
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.9.6
RETURN VALUE
If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use
the other curl functions.
SEE ALSO
curl_multi_cleanup(3),curl_global_init(3),curl_easy_init(3)
libcurl 7.81.0 January 04, 2022 curl_multi_init(3)
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