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23 * Very simple HTTP POST
28 #include <curl/curl.h>
35 static const char *postthis="moo mooo moo moo";
37 curl = curl_easy_init();
39 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
40 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, postthis);
42 /* if we don't provide POSTFIELDSIZE, libcurl will strlen() by
44 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, (long)strlen(postthis));
46 /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
47 res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
48 /* Check for errors */
50 fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
51 curl_easy_strerror(res));
54 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);