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-rw-r--r--docs/examples/Makefile.inc2
-rw-r--r--docs/examples/imap-ssl.c85
-rw-r--r--docs/examples/imap-tls.c84
3 files changed, 170 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/examples/Makefile.inc b/docs/examples/Makefile.inc
index 5311c5b28..60e457c14 100644
--- a/docs/examples/Makefile.inc
+++ b/docs/examples/Makefile.inc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ check_PROGRAMS = 10-at-a-time anyauthput cookie_interface debug fileupload \
smtp-multi smtp-send smtp-tls smtp-vrfy smtp-expn rtsp externalsocket \
resolve progressfunc pop3s pop3slist imap-list imap-fetch imap-store \
imap-append imap-examine imap-search imap-create imap-delete imap-copy \
- url2file sftpget ftpsget postinmemory
+ imap-ssl imap-tls url2file sftpget ftpsget postinmemory
# These examples require external dependencies that may not be commonly
# available on POSIX systems, so don't bother attempting to compile them here.
diff --git a/docs/examples/imap-ssl.c b/docs/examples/imap-ssl.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e42ff3922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/imap-ssl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ * _ _ ____ _
+ * Project ___| | | | _ \| |
+ * / __| | | | |_) | |
+ * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
+ * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ * 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
+ * are also available at http://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.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+/* This is a simple example showing how to fetch mail using libcurl's IMAP
+ * capabilities. It builds on the imap-fetch.c example adding transport
+ * security to protect the authentication details from being snooped.
+ *
+ * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.30.0 or above.
+ */
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ CURL *curl;
+ CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
+
+ curl = curl_easy_init();
+ if(curl) {
+ /* Set username and password */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "user");
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "secret");
+
+ /* This will fetch message 1 from the user's inbox. Note the use of
+ * imaps:// rather than imap:// to request a SSL based connection. */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "imaps://imap.example.com/INBOX/;UID=1");
+
+ /* If you want to connect to a site who isn't using a certificate that is
+ * signed by one of the certs in the CA bundle you have, you can skip the
+ * verification of the server's certificate. This makes the connection
+ * A LOT LESS SECURE.
+ *
+ * If you have a CA cert for the server stored someplace else than in the
+ * default bundle, then the CURLOPT_CAPATH option might come handy for
+ * you. */
+#ifdef SKIP_PEER_VERIFICATION
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
+#endif
+
+ /* If the site you're connecting to uses a different host name that what
+ * they have mentioned in their server certificate's commonName (or
+ * subjectAltName) fields, libcurl will refuse to connect. You can skip
+ * this check, but this will make the connection less secure. */
+#ifdef SKIP_HOSTNAME_VERFICATION
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
+#endif
+
+ /* Since the traffic will be encrypted, it is very useful to turn on debug
+ * information within libcurl to see what is happening during the
+ * transfer */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
+
+ /* Perform the fetch */
+ 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);
+ }
+
+ return (int)res;
+}
diff --git a/docs/examples/imap-tls.c b/docs/examples/imap-tls.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c439864be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/imap-tls.c
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ * _ _ ____ _
+ * Project ___| | | | _ \| |
+ * / __| | | | |_) | |
+ * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
+ * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ * 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
+ * are also available at http://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.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+/* This is a simple example showing how to fetch mail using libcurl's IMAP
+ * capabilities. It builds on the imap-fetch.c example adding transport
+ * security to protect the authentication details from being snooped.
+ *
+ * Note that this example requires libcurl 7.30.0 or above.
+ */
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ CURL *curl;
+ CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
+
+ curl = curl_easy_init();
+ if(curl) {
+ /* Set username and password */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "user");
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "secret");
+
+ /* This will fetch message 1 from the user's inbox */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "imap://imap.example.com/INBOX/;UID=1");
+
+ /* In this example, we'll start with a plain text connection, and upgrade
+ * to Transport Layer Security (TLS) using the STARTTLS command. Be careful
+ * of using CURLUSESSL_TRY here, because if TLS upgrade fails, the transfer
+ * will continue anyway - see the security discussion in the libcurl
+ * tutorial for more details. */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USE_SSL, (long)CURLUSESSL_ALL);
+
+ /* If your server doesn't have a valid certificate, then you can disable
+ * part of the Transport Layer Security protection by setting the
+ * CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER and CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST options to 0 (false).
+ * curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
+ * curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
+ * That is, in general, a bad idea. It is still better than sending your
+ * authentication details in plain text though.
+ * Instead, you should get the issuer certificate (or the host certificate
+ * if the certificate is self-signed) and add it to the set of certificates
+ * that are known to libcurl using CURLOPT_CAINFO and/or CURLOPT_CAPATH. See
+ * docs/SSLCERTS for more information. */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, "/path/to/certificate.pem");
+
+ /* Since the traffic will be encrypted, it is very useful to turn on debug
+ * information within libcurl to see what is happening during the
+ * transfer */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
+
+ /* Perform the fetch */
+ 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);
+ }
+
+ return (int)res;
+}