curl_multi_socket - reads/writes available data
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLMcode curl_multi_socket(CURLM *multi_handle, curl_socket_t sockfd, int *running_handles); CURLMcode curl_multi_socket_all(CURLM *multi_handle, int *running_handles);
curl_multi_socket(3) libcurl Manual curl_multi_socket(3)
NAME
curl_multi_socket - reads/writes available data
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLMcode curl_multi_socket(CURLM *multi_handle, curl_socket_t sockfd,
int *running_handles);
CURLMcode curl_multi_socket_all(CURLM *multi_handle,
int *running_handles);
DESCRIPTION
These functions are deprecated. Do not use. See
curl_multi_socket_action(3) instead.
At return, the integer running_handles points to will contain the num-
ber of still running easy handles within the multi handle. When this
number reaches zero, all transfers are complete/done. Note that when
you call curl_multi_socket_action(3) on a specific socket and the
counter decreases by one, it DOES NOT necessarily mean that this exact
socket/transfer is the one that completed. Use curl_multi_info_read(3)
to figure out which easy handle that completed.
The curl_multi_socket_action(3) functions inform the application about
updates in the socket (file descriptor) status by doing none, one, or
multiple calls to the socket callback function set with the CURL-
MOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION(3) option to curl_multi_setopt(3). They update the
status with changes since the previous time the callback was called.
Get the timeout time by setting the CURLMOPT_TIMERFUNCTION(3) option
with curl_multi_setopt(3). Your application will then get called with
information on how long to wait for socket actions at most before doing
the timeout action: call the curl_multi_socket_action(3) function with
the sockfd argument set to CURL_SOCKET_TIMEOUT. You can also use the
curl_multi_timeout(3) function to poll the value at any given time, but
for an event-based system using the callback is far better than relying
on polling the timeout value.
Usage of curl_multi_socket(3) is deprecated, whereas the function is
equivalent to curl_multi_socket_action(3) with ev_bitmask set to 0.
Force libcurl to (re-)check all its internal sockets and transfers
instead of just a single one by calling curl_multi_socket_all(3). Note
that there should not be any reason to use this function.
EXAMPLE
/* the event-library gets told when there activity on the socket 'fd',
which we translate to a call to curl_multi_socket_action() */
int running;
rc = curl_multi_socket(multi_handle, fd, &running);
AVAILABILITY
This function was added in libcurl 7.15.4, and is deemed stable since
7.16.0.
curl_multi_socket(3) is deprecated, use curl_multi_socket_action(3)
instead!
RETURN VALUE
CURLMcode type, general libcurl multi interface error code.
The return code is for the whole multi stack. Problems still might have
occurred on individual transfers even when one of these functions
return OK.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | web/curl |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
curl_multi_cleanup(3), curl_multi_init(3), curl_multi_fdset(3),
curl_multi_info_read(3), the hiperfifo.c example
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 January 11, 2022 curl_multi_socket(3)