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4.5 KiB
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123 lines
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.\" * Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
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.TH CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS 3 "August 22, 2023" "ibcurl 8.3.0" libcurl
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.SH NAME
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CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS \- data to POST to server
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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#include <curl/curl.h>
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CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, char *postdata);
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Pass a char * as parameter, pointing to the data buffer to use in an HTTP POST
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operation. The data must be formatted and encoded the way you want the server
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to receive it. libcurl does not convert or encode it in any way. For example,
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the web server may assume that this data is URL encoded.
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The data pointed to is NOT copied by the library: as a consequence, it must be
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preserved by the calling application until the associated transfer finishes.
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This behavior can be changed (so libcurl does copy the data) by instead using
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the \fICURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS(3)\fP option.
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This POST is a normal \fBapplication/x-www-form-urlencoded\fP kind (and
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libcurl sets that Content-Type by default when this option is used), which is
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commonly used by HTML forms. Change Content-Type with
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\fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3)\fP.
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You can use \fIcurl_easy_escape(3)\fP to URL encode your data, if
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necessary. It returns a pointer to an encoded string that can be passed as
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\fIpostdata\fP.
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Using \fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3)\fP implies setting \fICURLOPT_POST(3)\fP to 1.
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If \fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3)\fP is explicitly set to NULL then libcurl gets the
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POST data from the read callback. If you want to send a zero-byte POST set
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\fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3)\fP to an empty string, or set \fICURLOPT_POST(3)\fP
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to 1 and \fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE(3)\fP to 0.
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libcurl assumes this option points to a null-terminated string unless you also
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set \fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE(3)\fP to specify the length of the provided data,
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which then is strictly required if you want to send off null bytes included in
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the data.
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Using POST with HTTP 1.1 implies the use of a "Expect: 100-continue" header,
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and libcurl adds that header automatically if the POST is either known to be
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larger than 1MB or if the expected size is unknown. You can disable this
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header with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3)\fP as usual.
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To make \fBmultipart/formdata\fP posts, check out the
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\fICURLOPT_MIMEPOST(3)\fP option combined with \fIcurl_mime_init(3)\fP.
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.SH DEFAULT
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NULL
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.SH PROTOCOLS
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HTTP
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.SH EXAMPLE
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.nf
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/* send an application/x-www-form-urlencoded POST */
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CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
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if(curl) {
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const char *data = "data to send";
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
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/* size of the POST data if strlen() is not good enough */
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, 12L);
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/* pass in a pointer to the data - libcurl does not copy */
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, data);
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curl_easy_perform(curl);
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}
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/* send an application/json POST */
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CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
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if(curl) {
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const char *json = "{\"name\": \"daniel\"}";
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struct curl_slist *slist1 = NULL;
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slist1 = curl_slist_append(slist1, "Content-Type: application/json");
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slist1 = curl_slist_append(slist1, "Accept: application/json");
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/* set custom headers */
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curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, slist1);
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
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/* pass in a pointer to the data - libcurl does not copy */
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json);
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curl_easy_perform(curl);
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}
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.fi
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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Always
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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Returns CURLE_OK
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE "(3), " CURLOPT_READFUNCTION "(3), "
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.BR CURLOPT_MIMEPOST "(3), " CURLOPT_UPLOAD "(3), "
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