Added curl_global_* functions.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/examples/http-post.c b/docs/examples/http-post.c
index 80f2b343b..f1975b1ec 100644
--- a/docs/examples/http-post.c
+++ b/docs/examples/http-post.c
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ int main(void)
   CURL *curl;
   CURLcode res;
 
+  /* In windows, this will init the winsock stuff */
+  curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
+
+  /* get a curl handle */
   curl = curl_easy_init();
   if(curl) {
     /* First set the URL that is about to receive our POST. This URL can
@@ -46,5 +50,6 @@ int main(void)
     /* always cleanup */
     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
   }
+  curl_global_cleanup();
   return 0;
 }