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.B #include <curl/curl.h>
.BI "CURL *curl_easy_init( );"
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
This function must be the first function to call, and it returns a CURL easy
-handle that you must use as input to other easy-functions. curl_easy_init
-initializes curl and this call \fBMUST\fP have a corresponding call to
+handle that you must use as input to other functions in the easy
+interface. This call \fBMUST\fP have a corresponding call to
\fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP when the operation is complete.
-If you did not already call \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP,
-\fIcurl_easy_init(3)\fP does it automatically.
-This may be lethal in multi-threaded cases, since \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP is
-not thread-safe, and it may result in resource problems because there is
-no corresponding cleanup.
-
-You are strongly advised to not allow this automatic behaviour, by
-calling \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP yourself properly.
-See the description in \fBlibcurl\fP(3) of global environment
-requirements for details of how to use this function.
+If you did not already call \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP, \fIcurl_easy_init(3)\fP
+does it automatically. This may be lethal in multi-threaded cases, since
+\fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP is not thread-safe, and it may result in resource
+problems because there is no corresponding cleanup.
+You are strongly advised to not allow this automatic behaviour, by calling
+\fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP yourself properly. See the description in
+\fBlibcurl\fP(3) of global environment requirements for details of how to use
+this function.
.SH RETURN VALUE
If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use the
other curl functions.
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.nf
+CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+if(curl) {
+ CURLcode res;
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
+ res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+ curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+}
+.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR curl_easy_cleanup "(3), " curl_global_init "(3), " curl_easy_reset "(3)"
+.BR curl_easy_cleanup "(3), " curl_global_init "(3), " curl_easy_reset "(3), "
+.BR curl_easy_perform "(3) "