/***************************************************************************** * _ _ ____ _ * Project ___| | | | _ \| | * / __| | | | |_) | | * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| * * $Id: post-callback.c,v 1.1 2002/03/14 14:53:00 bagder Exp $ * * An example source code that issues a HTTP POST and we provide the actual * data through a read callback. * * Please be aware of the fact that the size of the posted data MUST be * specified before the transfer is being made (with CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE). * This requirement will change when libcurl starts supporting chunked-encoded * sends. * * This example requires libcurl 7.9.6 or later. */ #include #include #include #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM < 0x070906 #error this example source requires libcurl 7.9.6 or newer #endif char data[]="this is what we post to the silly web server"; struct WriteThis { char *readptr; int sizeleft; }; size_t read_callback(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp) { struct WriteThis *pooh = (struct WriteThis *)userp; if(size*nmemb < 1) return 0; if(pooh->sizeleft) { *(char *)ptr = pooh->readptr[0]; /* copy one single byte */ pooh->readptr++; /* advance pointer */ pooh->sizeleft--; /* less data left */ return 1; /* we return 1 byte at a time! */ } return -1; /* no more data left to deliver */ } int main(void) { CURL *curl; CURLcode res; struct WriteThis pooh; pooh.readptr = data; pooh.sizeleft = strlen(data); curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { /* First set the URL that is about to receive our POST. */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://receivingsite.com.pooh/index.cgi"); /* Now specify we want to POST data */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POST, TRUE); /* Set the expected POST size */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, pooh.sizeleft); /* we want to use our own read function */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, read_callback); /* pointer to pass to our read function */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILE, &pooh); /* get verbose debug output please */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1); /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */ res = curl_easy_perform(curl); /* always cleanup */ curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } return 0; }