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.TH CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION 3 "17 Jun 2014" libcurl libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION \- progress meter callback
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

int progress_callback(void *clientp,
                      curl_off_t dltotal,
                      curl_off_t dlnow,
                      curl_off_t ultotal,
                      curl_off_t ulnow);

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION,
                          progress_callback);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to your callback function, which should match the prototype
shown above.

This function gets called by libcurl instead of its internal equivalent with a
frequent interval. While data is being transferred it gets called frequently,
and during slow periods like when nothing is being transferred it can slow
down to about one call per second.

\fIclientp\fP is the pointer set with \fICURLOPT_XFERINFODATA(3)\fP, it is not
used by libcurl but is only passed along from the application to the callback.

The callback gets told how much data libcurl is about to transfer and has
already transferred, in number of bytes. \fIdltotal\fP is the total number of
bytes libcurl expects to download in this transfer. \fIdlnow\fP is the number
of bytes downloaded so far. \fIultotal\fP is the total number of bytes libcurl
expects to upload in this transfer. \fIulnow\fP is the number of bytes
uploaded so far.

Unknown/unused argument values passed to the callback are set to zero (like if
you only download data, the upload size remains 0). Many times the callback is
called one or more times first, before it knows the data sizes so a program
must be made to handle that.

If your callback function returns CURL_PROGRESSFUNC_CONTINUE it makes libcurl
to continue executing the default progress function.

Returning any other non-zero value from this callback makes libcurl abort the
transfer and return \fICURLE_ABORTED_BY_CALLBACK\fP.

If you transfer data with the multi interface, this function is not called
during periods of idleness unless you call the appropriate libcurl function
that performs transfers.

\fICURLOPT_NOPROGRESS(3)\fP must be set to 0 to make this function actually
get called.
.SH DEFAULT
By default, libcurl has an internal progress meter. That is rarely wanted by
users.
.SH PROTOCOLS
All
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
 struct progress {
   char *private;
   size_t size;
 };

 static size_t progress_callback(void *clientp,
                                 curl_off_t dltotal,
                                 curl_off_t dlnow,
                                 curl_off_t ultotal,
                                 curl_off_t ulnow)
 {
   struct progress *memory = (struct progress *)clientp;

   /* use the values */

   return 0; /* all is good */
 }

 struct progress data;

 /* pass struct to callback  */
 curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA, &data);

 curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION, progress_callback);
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.32.0. This callback replaces \fICURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3)\fP
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS (3),
.BR CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA (3)