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curl_easy_strerror

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
PROTOCOLS
EXAMPLE
AVAILABILITY
RETURN VALUE
SEE ALSO

NAME

curl_easy_strerror - return string describing error code

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

const char *curl_easy_strerror(CURLcode errornum);

DESCRIPTION

The curl_easy_strerror(3) function returns a string describing the CURLcode error code passed in the argument errornum .

Typically applications also appreciate CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3) for more specific error descriptions generated at runtime.

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
/* set options */
/* Perform the entire transfer */
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
/* Check for errors */
if(res != CURLE_OK)
fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
curl_easy_strerror(res));
}
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.12.0

RETURN VALUE

A pointer to a null-terminated string.

SEE ALSO

curl_multi_strerror (3), curl_share_strerror (3), curl_url_strerror (3), libcurl-errors (3)