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-.TH CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET 3 "12 Sep 2015" "libcurl 7.44.0" "curl_easy_getinfo options"
+.TH CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET 3 "May 06, 2017" "libcurl 7.59.0" "curl_easy_getinfo options"
+
.SH NAME
CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET \- get the active socket
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH PROTOCOLS
All
.SH EXAMPLE
-TODO
+.nf
+CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+if(curl) {
+ curl_socket_t sockfd;
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
+
+ /* Do not do the transfer - only connect to host */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY, 1L);
+ res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+ /* Extract the socket from the curl handle */
+ res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET, &sockfd);
+
+ if(res != CURLE_OK) {
+ printf("Error: %s\\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));
+ return 1;
+ }
+}
+.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.45.0
.SH RETURN VALUE