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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/libcurl')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_formadd.3 | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_formfree.3 | 4 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_formadd.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_formadd.3 index bba0c083e..ce4df1e4b 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_formadd.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_formadd.3 @@ -30,18 +30,19 @@ curl_formadd - add a section to a multipart/formdata HTTP POST .ad .SH DESCRIPTION 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. -\fIlastitem\fP is set after each call and on repeated invokes it should be -left as set to allow repeated invokes to find the end of the list faster. +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. +\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. After the \fIlastitem\fP pointer follow the real arguments. -The pointers \fI*firstitem\fP and \fI*lastitem\fP should both be pointing to +The pointers \fIfirstitem\fP and \fIlastitem\fP should both be pointing to NULL in the first call to this function. All list-data will be allocated by -the function itself. You must call \fIcurl_formfree(3)\fP after the form post -has been done to free the resources. +the function itself. You must call \fIcurl_formfree(3)\fP on the +\fIfirstitem\P 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. diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_formfree.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_formfree.3 index 9944666cc..7438a1640 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_formfree.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_formfree.3 @@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ curl_formfree() is used to clean up data previously built/appended with \fIcurl_formadd(3)\fP. This must be called when the data has been used, which typically means after \fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP has been called. +The pointer to free is the same pointer you passed to the +\fBCURLOPT_HTTPPOST\fP option, which is the \fIfirstitem\fP pointer from the +\fIcurl_formadd(3)\fP invoke(s). + \fBform\fP is the pointer as returned from a previous call to \fIcurl_formadd(3)\fP and may be NULL. .SH RETURN VALUE |