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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/libcurl/curl_formadd.3')
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_formadd.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_formadd.3 index f03fe066e..b27e61ddf 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_formadd.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_formadd.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, 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 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ curl_formadd - add a section to a multipart/formdata HTTP POST curl_formadd() is used to append sections when building a multipart/formdata HTTP POST (sometimes referred to as RFC2388-style posts). Append one section at a time until you've added all the sections you want included and then you -pass the \fIfirstitem\fP pointer as parameter to \fBCURLOPT_HTTPPOST\fP. +pass the \fIfirstitem\fP pointer as parameter to \fBCURLOPT_HTTPPOST(3)\fP. \fIlastitem\fP is set after each \fIcurl_formadd(3)\fP call and on repeated invokes it should be left as set to allow repeated invokes to find the end of the list faster. @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ the function itself. You must call \fIcurl_formfree(3)\fP on the \fIfirstitem\fP after the form post has been done to free the resources. Using POST with HTTP 1.1 implies the use of a "Expect: 100-continue" header. -You can disable this header with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER\fP as usual. +You can disable this header with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3)\fP as usual. First, there are some basics you need to understand about multipart/formdata posts. Each part consists of at least a NAME and a CONTENTS part. If the part @@ -121,12 +121,13 @@ to the buffer to be uploaded. This buffer must not be freed until after is used in combination with \fICURLFORM_BUFFER\fP. The parameter is a long which gives the length of the buffer. .IP CURLFORM_STREAM -Tells libcurl to use the \fICURLOPT_READFUNCTION\fP callback to get data. The -parameter you pass to \fICURLFORM_STREAM\fP is the pointer passed on to the -read callback's fourth argument. If you want the part to look like a file -upload one, set the \fICURLFORM_FILENAME\fP parameter as well. Note that when -using \fICURLFORM_STREAM\fP, \fICURLFORM_CONTENTSLENGTH\fP must also be set -with the total expected length of the part. (Option added in libcurl 7.18.2) +Tells libcurl to use the \fICURLOPT_READFUNCTION(3)\fP callback to get +data. The parameter you pass to \fICURLFORM_STREAM\fP is the pointer passed on +to the read callback's fourth argument. If you want the part to look like a +file upload one, set the \fICURLFORM_FILENAME\fP parameter as well. Note that +when using \fICURLFORM_STREAM\fP, \fICURLFORM_CONTENTSLENGTH\fP must also be +set with the total expected length of the part. (Option added in libcurl +7.18.2) .IP CURLFORM_ARRAY Another possibility to send options to curl_formadd() is the \fBCURLFORM_ARRAY\fP option, that passes a struct curl_forms array pointer as @@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ the POST occurs, if you free it before the post completes you may experience problems. When you've passed the HttpPost pointer to \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP (using -the \fICURLOPT_HTTPPOST\fP option), you must not free the list until after +the \fICURLOPT_HTTPPOST(3)\fP option), you must not free the list until after you've called \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP for the curl handle. See example below. |