curl_easy_cleanup - End a libcurl easy handle
#include <curl/curl.h> void curl_easy_cleanup(CURL *handle);
curl_easy_cleanup(3) libcurl Manual curl_easy_cleanup(3)
NAME
curl_easy_cleanup - End a libcurl easy handle
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
void curl_easy_cleanup(CURL *handle);
DESCRIPTION
This function must be the last function to call for an easy session. It
is the opposite of the curl_easy_init(3) function and must be called
with the same handle as input that a curl_easy_init(3) call returned.
This might close all connections this handle has used and possibly has
kept open until now - unless it was attached to a multi handle while
doing the transfers. Do not call this function if you intend to trans-
fer more files, re-using handles is a key to good performance with
libcurl.
Occasionally you may get your progress callback or header callback
called from within curl_easy_cleanup(3) (if previously set for the han-
dle using curl_easy_setopt(3)). Like if libcurl decides to shut down
the connection and the protocol is of a kind that requires a com-
mand/response sequence before disconnect. Examples of such protocols
are FTP, POP3 and IMAP.
Any use of the handle after this function has been called and have
returned, is illegal. curl_easy_cleanup(3) kills the handle and all
memory associated with it!
To close an easy handle that has been used with the multi interface,
make sure to call curl_multi_remove_handle(3) first to remove it from
the multi handle before it is closed.
Passing in a NULL pointer in handle will make this function return
immediately with no action.
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.1
RETURN VALUE
None
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | web/curl |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
curl_easy_init(3), curl_easy_duphandle(3), curl_easy_reset(3),
curl_multi_cleanup(3), curl_multi_remove_handle(3)
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://curl.se/down-
load/curl-7.83.1.tar.bz2.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://curl.haxx.se/.
libcurl 7.83.1 November 26, 2021 curl_easy_cleanup(3)