added http-post.c

2 files changed, 36 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/docs/examples/Makefile.am b/docs/examples/Makefile.am
index 34a867f24..bc3753606 100644
--- a/docs/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign no-dependencies
 EXTRA_DIST = README curlgtk.c sepheaders.c simple.c postit.c postit2.c \
 	     win32sockets.c persistant.c ftpget.c Makefile.example \
 	     multithread.c getinmemory.c ftpupload.c httpput.c \
-	     simplessl.c ftpgetresp.c
+	     simplessl.c ftpgetresp.c http-post.c
 
 all:
 	@echo "done"
diff --git a/docs/examples/http-post.c b/docs/examples/http-post.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b4154fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/http-post.c
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *                                  _   _ ____  _     
+ *  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |    
+ *                             / __| | | | |_) | |    
+ *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___ 
+ *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+  CURL *curl;
+  CURLcode res;
+
+  curl = curl_easy_init();
+  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(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://postit.example.com/moo.cgi");
+    /* Now specify the POST data */
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "name=daniel&project=curl");
+
+    /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
+    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+    /* always cleanup */
+    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}