NAME

CURLMOPT_SOCKETDATA - custom pointer passed to the socket callback

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLMcode curl_multi_setopt(CURLM *handle, CURLMOPT_SOCKETDATA, void *pointer);

DESCRIPTION

A data pointer to pass to the socket callback set with the CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION(3) option.

This pointer is not touched by libcurl but is only passed in as the socket callbacks's clientp argument.

DEFAULT

NULL

PROTOCOLS

All

EXAMPLE

struct priv {


  void *ours;
};
static int sock_cb(CURL *e, curl_socket_t s, int what, void *cbp, void *sockp)
{


  struct priv *p = sockp;


  printf("my ptr: %p\n", p->ours);


  if(what == CURL_POLL_REMOVE) {


    /* remove the socket from our collection */


  }


  if(what & CURL_POLL_IN) {


    /* wait for read on this socket */


  }


  if(what & CURL_POLL_OUT) {


    /* wait for write on this socket */


  }


  return 0;
}
int main(void)
{


  struct priv setup;


  CURLM *multi = curl_multi_init();


  /* ... use socket callback and custom pointer */


  curl_multi_setopt(multi, CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION, sock_cb);


  curl_multi_setopt(multi, CURLMOPT_SOCKETDATA, &setup);
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.15.4

RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLM_OK.