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53 <p class="level0"><a name="NAME"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">NAME</h2>
54 <p class="level0">curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">SYNOPSIS</h2>
55 <p class="level0"><span Class="bold">#include <curl/curl.h></span>
56 <p class="level0"><span Class="bold">CURL *curl_easy_init( );</span> <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">DESCRIPTION</h2>
57 <p class="level0">This function must be the first function to call, and it returns a CURL easy handle that you must use as input to other functions in the easy interface. This call <span Class="bold">MUST</span> have a corresponding call to <a Class="emphasis" href="./curl_easy_cleanup.html">curl_easy_cleanup</a> when the operation is complete.
58 <p class="level0">If you did not already call <a Class="emphasis" href="./curl_global_init.html">curl_global_init</a>, <a Class="emphasis" href="./curl_easy_init.html">curl_easy_init</a> does it automatically. This may be lethal in multi-threaded cases, since <a Class="emphasis" href="./curl_global_init.html">curl_global_init</a> is not thread-safe, and it may result in resource problems because there is no corresponding cleanup.
59 <p class="level0">You are strongly advised to not allow this automatic behaviour, by calling <a Class="emphasis" href="./curl_global_init.html">curl_global_init</a> yourself properly. See the description in <span Class="bold">libcurl</span>(3) of global environment requirements for details of how to use this function. <a name="RETURN"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">RETURN VALUE</h2>
60 <p class="level0">If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use the other curl functions. <a name="EXAMPLE"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">EXAMPLE</h2>
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62 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
65 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "<a href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a>");
66 res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
67 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
71 <p class="level0"><a name="SEE"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">SEE ALSO</h2>
72 <p class="level0"><a Class="manpage" href="./curl_easy_cleanup.html">curl_easy_cleanup</a>, <a Class="manpage" href="./curl_global_init.html">curl_global_init</a>, <a Class="manpage" href="./curl_easy_reset.html">curl_easy_reset</a>, <span Class="manpage"> </span> <a Class="manpage" href="./curl_easy_perform.html">curl_easy_perform</a>, <p class="roffit">
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