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+/***************************************************************************
+ * _ _ ____ _
+ * Project ___| | | | _ \| |
+ * / __| | | | |_) | |
+ * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
+ * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ *
+ * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+ * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
+ * are also available at https://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html.
+ *
+ * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+/* <DESC>
+ * HTTP Multipart formpost with file upload and two additional parts.
+ * </DESC>
+ */
+/* Example code that uploads a file name 'foo' to a remote script that accepts
+ * "HTML form based" (as described in RFC1738) uploads using HTTP POST.
+ *
+ * The imaginary form we'll fill in looks like:
+ *
+ * <form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="examplepost.cgi">
+ * Enter file: <input type="file" name="sendfile" size="40">
+ * Enter file name: <input type="text" name="filename" size="30">
+ * <input type="submit" value="send" name="submit">
+ * </form>
+ *
+ * This exact source code has not been verified to work.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ CURL *curl;
+ CURLcode res;
+
+ struct curl_httppost *formpost = NULL;
+ struct curl_httppost *lastptr = NULL;
+ struct curl_slist *headerlist = NULL;
+ static const char buf[] = "Expect:";
+
+ curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
+
+ /* Fill in the file upload field */
+ curl_formadd(&formpost,
+ &lastptr,
+ CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "sendfile",
+ CURLFORM_FILE, "postit2.c",
+ CURLFORM_END);
+
+ /* Fill in the filename field */
+ curl_formadd(&formpost,
+ &lastptr,
+ CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "filename",
+ CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "postit2.c",
+ CURLFORM_END);
+
+
+ /* Fill in the submit field too, even if this is rarely needed */
+ curl_formadd(&formpost,
+ &lastptr,
+ CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "submit",
+ CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "send",
+ CURLFORM_END);
+
+ curl = curl_easy_init();
+ /* initialize custom header list (stating that Expect: 100-continue is not
+ wanted */
+ headerlist = curl_slist_append(headerlist, buf);
+ if(curl) {
+ /* what URL that receives this POST */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/examplepost.cgi");
+ if((argc == 2) && (!strcmp(argv[1], "noexpectheader")))
+ /* only disable 100-continue header if explicitly requested */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headerlist);
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPPOST, formpost);
+
+ /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
+ res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+ /* Check for errors */
+ if(res != CURLE_OK)
+ fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
+ curl_easy_strerror(res));
+
+ /* always cleanup */
+ curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+
+ /* then cleanup the formpost chain */
+ curl_formfree(formpost);
+ /* free slist */
+ curl_slist_free_all(headerlist);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}