libcurl newbie question on output

Malcolm MacArthur

2018-04-15 09:02:09 UTC

Hi,

I know nothing about using the library (I just use the tool) but my hunch
is because you didn't tell it to put it anywhere it defaults to stdout (so
it goes somewhere). You could confirm whether it's going to stdout or
stderr using shell redirection

your_program 1> stdout.txt 2> stderr.txt

(If it ends up in neither file, it may be opening another stream. That's
also possible but probably unlikely)

So ... if I were you, I'd check the documentation to see about how to put
the output elsewhere. Sounds like you've been reading along the right
tracks when you talk about setting up a callback function to receive the
data.

Perhaps there are easier ways to do it though, such as set an option to
tell it to go to a file that you then fopen()? Like I said, I don't know.
Maybe someone who knows will chip in :-)

Malcolm

Post by Lonnie Cumberland
Hello All,
I am new to using libcurl and have been able to compile up a number of
examples with no problems.
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*/ *
#*include* *<stdio.h>*
#*include* *<curl/curl.h>*
*int* *main*(*void*)
{
CURL *curl;
CURLcode res;
*/* In windows, this will init the winsock stuff */ *
curl_global_init <https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_global_init.html>(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
*/* get a curl handle */ *
curl = curl_easy_init <https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_init.html>();
*if*(curl) {
*/* First set the URL that is about to receive our POST. This URL can
just as well be a https:// URL if that is what should receive the
data. */ *
curl_easy_setopt <https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_setopt.html>(curl, CURLOPT_URL <https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_URL.html>, *"http://postit.example.com/moo.cgi <http://postit.example.com/moo.cgi>"*);
*/* Now specify the POST data */ *
curl_easy_setopt <https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_setopt.html>(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS <https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS.html>, *"name=daniel&project=curl"*);
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res = curl_easy_perform <https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_perform.html>(curl);
*/* Check for errors */ *
*if*(res != CURLE_OK)
fprintf(stderr, *"curl_easy_perform <https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_perform.html>() failed: %s\n"*,
curl_easy_strerror <https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_strerror.html>(res));
*/* always cleanup */ *
curl_easy_cleanup <https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_easy_cleanup.html>(curl);
}
curl_global_cleanup <https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_global_cleanup.html>();
*return* 0;
}
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When this is compiled and runs, it goes out to the example site and get
the data as it should but then it is printing it to the console (Ubuntu
16.04).
I'm a bit rusty on my C/C++ and am getting back into things, but what I
see that only "fprintf" function that should display something if there is
an error to the "stderr" device.
Where is the code setting that is sending the URL data to the console and
can that be turned off, or on, as needed?
Other examples seem to show how to setup a callback function that can
actually receive the data and move it to a memory pointer so that you can
work with it and I am looking into that as well.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Lonnie
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