curl_url_strerror(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the curl_url_strerror(3) manual page — the iconic little page about returning a string that describes an error code. It’s giving “translator for your URL error drama,” and I’m obsessed. ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <curl/curl.h>

const char *curl_url_strerror(CURLUcode errornum);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So like, this function returns a string describing the CURLUcode error code passed in the argument errornum. That’s the whole vibe: error code goes in, descriptive string comes out, no cap. 💅

🎀 PROTOCOLS 🎀

This functionality affects all supported protocols — every single one of them, periodt. 🌈

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

int main(void)
{
  CURLUcode rc;
  CURLU *url = curl_url();
  rc = curl_url_set(url, CURLUPART_URL, "https://example.com", 0);
  if(rc)
    printf("URL error: %s\n", curl_url_strerror(rc));
  curl_url_cleanup(url);
}

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

Added in curl 7.80.0 — that’s when this little icon arrived, bestie. 👑

💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

A pointer to a null-terminated string. That’s it, that’s the return value, fr fr. 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• curl_easy_strerror(3)
• curl_multi_strerror(3)
• curl_share_strerror(3)
• curl_url_get(3)
• curl_url_set(3)
• libcurl-errors(3)

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Signed off with love by libcurl, dated 2026-10-12, for the curl_url_strerror(3) page. Byeee 💖🦋💅