curl_share_setopt(3)

✨ curl_share_setopt(3) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the libcurl library functions manual — this one's all about curl_share_setopt, and honestly it's giving "small function, big responsibility" 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

curl_share_setopt — set options for a shared object 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLSHcode curl_share_setopt(CURLSH *share, CURLSHoption option, parameter);

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So basically, you're setting option to parameter for the given share. That's the whole vibe. Set the option, hand it the parameter, the share object gets the memo. periodt ✨

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

Every single one of these cuties has its own dedicated page, so go read them, iykyk:

• CURLSHOPT_LOCKFUNC — see CURLSHOPT_LOCKFUNC(3). 🔒
• CURLSHOPT_UNLOCKFUNC — see CURLSHOPT_UNLOCKFUNC(3). 🔓
• CURLSHOPT_SHARE — see CURLSHOPT_SHARE(3). 🫶
• CURLSHOPT_UNSHARE — see CURLSHOPT_UNSHARE(3). 💔
• CURLSHOPT_USERDATA — see CURLSHOPT_USERDATA(3). 🍓

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🌈 PROTOCOLS 🌈

This functionality affects all supported protocols — like, all of them, no cap. 🌟

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🧚 EXAMPLE 🧚

look at this little main character:

int main(void)
{
  CURLSHcode sh;
  CURLSH *share = curl_share_init();
  sh = curl_share_setopt(share, CURLSHOPT_SHARE, CURL_LOCK_DATA_CONNECT);
  if(sh)
    printf("Error: %s\n", curl_share_strerror(sh));
}

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

Added in curl 7.10 — vintage, but make it iconic. 🎀

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💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

CURLSHE_OK (zero) means the option was set properly. Non-zero means an error happened — the kind that <curl/curl.h> defines. And for the full list with descriptions, go check out the libcurl-errors(3) man page. 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• curl_share_cleanup(3)
• curl_share_init(3)

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ngl bestie, that's the whole page — short, sweet, and absolutely slaying. 💅✨

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