curl/docs/libcurl/curl_url.3
Daniel Stenberg 8ef2992e11
curl_url*.3: update function descriptions
- expand and clarify several descriptions
- avoid using future tense all over

Closes #11708
2023-08-22 15:40:57 +02:00

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.TH curl_url 3 "6 Aug 2018" "libcurl" "libcurl"
.SH NAME
curl_url - returns a new URL handle
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLU *curl_url();
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
This function allocates a URL object and returns a \fICURLU\fP handle for it,
to be used as input to all other URL API functions.
This is a handle to a URL object that holds or can hold URL components for a
single URL. When the object is first created, there is of course no components
stored. They are then set in the object with the \fIcurl_url_set(3)\fP
function.
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURLUcode rc;
CURLU *url = curl_url();
rc = curl_url_set(url, CURLUPART_URL, "https://example.com", 0);
if(!rc) {
char *scheme;
rc = curl_url_get(url, CURLUPART_SCHEME, &scheme, 0);
if(!rc) {
printf("the scheme is %s\\n", scheme);
curl_free(scheme);
}
curl_url_cleanup(url);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.62.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns a \fBCURLU *\fP if successful, or NULL if out of memory.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR curl_url_cleanup "(3), " curl_url_get "(3), " curl_url_set "(3), "
.BR curl_url_dup "(3), " curl_url_strerror "(3), " CURLOPT_CURLU "(3)"