From 4322c1106f654cd576a820cbe8c998a48de6d6a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:42:54 +0000 Subject: beautified and added comments all over --- include/curl/curl.h | 252 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 181 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h index 7ae5560c2..00074d561 100644 --- a/include/curl/curl.h +++ b/include/curl/curl.h @@ -23,6 +23,30 @@ * $Id$ ***************************************************************************/ +/* If you have problems, all libcurl docs and details are found here: + http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/ +*/ + +/* This is the version number of the libcurl package from which this header + file origins: */ +#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.10.6-pre3" + +/* This is the numeric version of the libcurl version number, meant for easier + parsing and comparions by programs. The LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM define will + always follow this syntax: + + 0xXXYYZZ + + Where XX, YY and ZZ are the main version, release and patch numbers in + hexadecimal. All three numbers are always represented using two digits. 1.2 + would appear as "0x010200" while version 9.11.7 appears as "0x090b07". + + This 6-digit hexadecimal number does not show pre-release number, and it is + always a greater number in a more recent release. It makes comparisons with + greater than and less than work. +*/ +#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070a06 + #include /* The include stuff here is mainly for time_t! */ #ifdef vms @@ -51,39 +75,36 @@ extern "C" { #endif -/* stupid #define trick to preserve functionality with older code, but - making it use our name space for the future */ +/* silly trick to preserve functionality with older code, but making it use + our name space for the future */ #define HttpPost curl_httppost struct curl_httppost { - struct curl_httppost *next; /* next entry in the list */ - char *name; /* pointer to allocated name */ - long namelength; /* length of name length */ - char *contents; /* pointer to allocated data contents */ - long contentslength; /* length of contents field */ - - /* CMC: Added support for buffer uploads */ - char *buffer; /* pointer to allocated buffer contents */ - long bufferlength; /* length of buffer field */ - - char *contenttype; /* Content-Type */ + struct curl_httppost *next; /* next entry in the list */ + char *name; /* pointer to allocated name */ + long namelength; /* length of name length */ + char *contents; /* pointer to allocated data contents */ + long contentslength; /* length of contents field */ + char *buffer; /* pointer to allocated buffer contents */ + long bufferlength; /* length of buffer field */ + char *contenttype; /* Content-Type */ struct curl_slist* contentheader; /* list of extra headers for this form */ - struct curl_httppost *more; /* if one field name has more than one file, this - link should link to following files */ - long flags; /* as defined below */ -#define HTTPPOST_FILENAME (1<<0) /* specified content is a file name */ -#define HTTPPOST_READFILE (1<<1) /* specified content is a file name */ -#define HTTPPOST_PTRNAME (1<<2) /* name is only stored pointer - do not free in formfree */ + struct curl_httppost *more; /* if one field name has more than one + file, this link should link to following + files */ + long flags; /* as defined below */ +#define HTTPPOST_FILENAME (1<<0) /* specified content is a file name */ +#define HTTPPOST_READFILE (1<<1) /* specified content is a file name */ +#define HTTPPOST_PTRNAME (1<<2) /* name is only stored pointer + do not free in formfree */ #define HTTPPOST_PTRCONTENTS (1<<3) /* contents is only stored pointer do not free in formfree */ +#define HTTPPOST_BUFFER (1<<4) /* upload file from buffer */ +#define HTTPPOST_PTRBUFFER (1<<5) /* upload file from pointer contents */ -/* CMC: Added support for buffer uploads */ -#define HTTPPOST_BUFFER (1<<4) /* upload file from buffer */ -#define HTTPPOST_PTRBUFFER (1<<5) /* upload file from pointer contents */ - - char *showfilename; /* The file name to show. If not set, the actual - file name will be used (if this is a file part) */ + char *showfilename; /* The file name to show. If not set, the + actual file name will be used (if this + is a file part) */ }; typedef int (*curl_progress_callback)(void *clientp, @@ -213,13 +234,13 @@ typedef enum { CURLPROXY_SOCKS5 = 5 } curl_proxytype; -typedef enum { - CURLAUTH_BASIC = 0, /* default */ - CURLAUTH_DIGEST = 1, /* Digest */ - CURLAUTH_GSSNEGOTIATE = 2, /* GSS-Negotiate */ - CURLAUTH_NTLM = 3, /* NTLM */ - CURLAUTH_LASTKNOWN /* never to be used */ -} curl_httpauth; +#define CURLAUTH_NONE 0 /* nothing */ +#define CURLAUTH_BASIC (1<<0) /* Basic (default) */ +#define CURLAUTH_DIGEST (1<<1) /* Digest */ +#define CURLAUTH_GSSNEGOTIATE (1<<2) /* GSS-Negotiate */ +#define CURLAUTH_NTLM (1<<3) /* NTLM */ +#define CURLAUTH_ANY ~0 /* all types set */ +#define CURLAUTH_ANYSAFE (~CURLAUTH_BASIC) /* this was the error code 50 in 7.7.3 and a few earlier versions, this is no longer used by libcurl but is instead #defined here only to not @@ -270,6 +291,12 @@ typedef enum { #define CINIT(name,type,number) CURLOPT_/**/name = type + number #endif +/* + * This macro-mania below setups the CURLOPT_[what] enum, to be used with + * curl_easy_setopt(). The first argument in the CINIT() macro is the [what] + * word. + */ + typedef enum { CINIT(NOTHING, LONG, 0), /********* the first one is unused ************/ @@ -279,24 +306,19 @@ typedef enum { /* The full URL to get/put */ CINIT(URL, OBJECTPOINT, 2), - /* Port number to connect to, if other than default. Specify the CONF_PORT - flag in the CURLOPT_FLAGS to activate this */ + /* Port number to connect to, if other than default. */ CINIT(PORT, LONG, 3), - /* Name of proxy to use. Specify the CONF_PROXY flag in the CURLOPT_FLAGS to - activate this */ + /* Name of proxy to use. */ CINIT(PROXY, OBJECTPOINT, 4), - /* Name and password to use when fetching. Specify the CONF_USERPWD flag in - the CURLOPT_FLAGS to activate this */ + /* "name:password" to use when fetching. */ CINIT(USERPWD, OBJECTPOINT, 5), - /* Name and password to use with Proxy. Specify the CONF_PROXYUSERPWD - flag in the CURLOPT_FLAGS to activate this */ + /* "name:password" to use with proxy. */ CINIT(PROXYUSERPWD, OBJECTPOINT, 6), - /* Range to get, specified as an ASCII string. Specify the CONF_RANGE flag - in the CURLOPT_FLAGS to activate this */ + /* Range to get, specified as an ASCII string. */ CINIT(RANGE, OBJECTPOINT, 7), /* not used */ @@ -417,7 +439,6 @@ typedef enum { as described elsewhere. */ CINIT(WRITEINFO, OBJECTPOINT, 40), - /* Previous FLAG bits */ CINIT(VERBOSE, LONG, 41), /* talk a lot */ CINIT(HEADER, LONG, 42), /* throw the header out too */ CINIT(NOPROGRESS, LONG, 43), /* shut off the progress meter */ @@ -633,8 +654,9 @@ typedef enum { attempted before the good old traditional PORT command. */ CINIT(FTP_USE_EPRT, LONG, 106), - /* Set this to a curl_httpauth value to enable that particular authentication - method. Use this in combination with CURLOPT_USERPWD. */ + /* Set this to a bitmask value to enable the particular authentications + methods you like. Use this in combination with CURLOPT_USERPWD. + Note that setting multiple bits may cause extra network round-trips. */ CINIT(HTTPAUTH, LONG, 107), CURLOPT_LASTENTRY /* the last unused */ @@ -705,9 +727,9 @@ typedef enum { #endif -/* These functions are in the libcurl, they're here for portable reasons and - they are used by the 'curl' client. They really should be moved to some kind - of "portability library" since it has nothing to do with file transfers and +/* These functions are in libcurl, they're here for portable reasons and they + are used by the 'curl' client. They really should be moved to some kind of + "portability library" since it has nothing to do with file transfers and might be usable to other programs... NOTE: they return TRUE if the strings match *case insensitively*. @@ -715,9 +737,12 @@ typedef enum { extern int (curl_strequal)(const char *s1, const char *s2); extern int (curl_strnequal)(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n); -/* DEPRECATED function to build formdata */ +#ifdef CURL_OLDSTYLE +/* DEPRECATED function to build formdata. Stop using this, it will cease + to exist. */ int curl_formparse(char *, struct curl_httppost **, struct curl_httppost **_post); +#endif /* name is uppercase CURLFORM_ */ #ifdef CFINIT @@ -796,47 +821,122 @@ typedef enum { CURL_FORMADD_LAST /* last */ } CURLFORMcode; +/* + * NAME curl_formadd() + * + * DESCRIPTION + * + * Pretty advanved function for building multi-part formposts. Each invoke + * adds one part that together construct a full post. Then use + * CURLOPT_HTTPPOST to send it off to libcurl. + */ CURLFORMcode curl_formadd(struct curl_httppost **httppost, - struct curl_httppost **last_post, - ...); + struct curl_httppost **last_post, + ...); -/* cleanup a form: */ +/* + * NAME curl_formfree() + * + * DESCRIPTION + * + * Free a multipart formpost previously built with curl_formadd(). + */ void curl_formfree(struct curl_httppost *form); -/* Unix and Win32 getenv function call, this returns a malloc()'ed string that - MUST be free()ed after usage is complete. */ +/* + * NAME curl_getenv() + * + * DESCRIPTION + * + * Returns a malloc()'ed string that MUST be curl_free()ed after usage is + * complete. + */ char *curl_getenv(const char *variable); -/* Returns a static ascii string of the libcurl version. */ +/* + * NAME curl_version() + * + * DESCRIPTION + * + * Returns a static ascii string of the libcurl version. + */ char *curl_version(void); -/* Escape and unescape URL encoding in strings. The functions return a new - * allocated string or NULL if an error occurred. */ +/* + * NAME curl_escape() + * + * DESCRIPTION + * + * Escapes URL strings (converts all letters consider illegal in URLs to their + * %XX versions). This function returns a new allocated string or NULL if an + * error occurred. + */ char *curl_escape(const char *string, int length); + +/* + * NAME curl_unescape() + * + * DESCRIPTION + * + * Unescapes URL encoding in strings (converts all %XX codes to their 8bit + * versions). This function returns a new allocated string or NULL if an error + * occurred. + */ char *curl_unescape(const char *string, int length); -/* 20020912 WJM. Provide for a de-allocation in the same translation unit - that did the allocation. Added in libcurl 7.10 */ + +/* + * NAME curl_free() + * + * DESCRIPTION + * + * Provided for de-allocation in the same translation unit that did the + * allocation. Added in libcurl 7.10 + */ void curl_free(void *p); -/* curl_global_init() should be invoked exactly once for each application that - uses libcurl */ +/* + * NAME curl_global_init() + * + * DESCRIPTION + * + * curl_global_init() should be invoked exactly once for each application that + * uses libcurl + */ CURLcode curl_global_init(long flags); -/* curl_global_cleanup() should be invoked exactly once for each application - that uses libcurl */ +/* + * NAME curl_global_cleanup() + * + * DESCRIPTION + * + * curl_global_cleanup() should be invoked exactly once for each application + * that uses libcurl + */ void curl_global_cleanup(void); -/* This is the version number */ -#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.10.6-pre1" -#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070a06 - /* linked-list structure for the CURLOPT_QUOTE option (and other) */ struct curl_slist { - char *data; - struct curl_slist *next; + char *data; + struct curl_slist *next; }; +/* + * NAME curl_slist_append() + * + * DESCRIPTION + * + * Appends a string to a linked list. If no list exists, it will be created + * first. Returns the new list, after appending. + */ struct curl_slist *curl_slist_append(struct curl_slist *, const char *); + +/* + * NAME curl_slist_free_all() + * + * DESCRIPTION + * + * free a previously built curl_slist. + */ void curl_slist_free_all(struct curl_slist *); /* @@ -1004,8 +1104,18 @@ typedef struct { #define CURL_VERSION_KERBEROS4 (1<<1) #define CURL_VERSION_SSL (1<<2) #define CURL_VERSION_LIBZ (1<<3) +#define CURL_VERSION_NTLM (1<<4) +#define CURL_VERSION_GSSNEGOTIATE (1<<5) +#define CURL_VERSION_DEBUG (1<<6) /* built with debug capabilities */ -/* returns a pointer to a static copy of the version info struct */ +/* + * NAME curl_version_info() + * + * DESCRIPTION + * + * This function returns a pointer to a static copy of the version info + * struct. See above. + */ curl_version_info_data *curl_version_info(CURLversion); #ifdef __cplusplus -- cgit v1.2.3