multi-single.c

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/* <DESC>
 * using the multi interface to do a single download
 * </DESC>
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

/* somewhat unix-specific */
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <unistd.h>

/* curl stuff */
#include <curl/curl.h>

#ifdef _WIN32
#define WAITMS(x) Sleep(x)
#else
/* Portable sleep for platforms other than Windows. */
#define WAITMS(x)                               \
  struct timeval wait = { 0, (x) * 1000 };      \
  (void)select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, &wait);
#endif

/*
 * Simply download a HTTP file.
 */
int main(void)
{
  CURL *http_handle;
  CURLM *multi_handle;

  int still_running; /* keep number of running handles */
  int repeats = 0;

  curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);

  http_handle = curl_easy_init();

  /* set the options (I left out a few, you'll get the point anyway) */
  curl_easy_setopt(http_handle, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com/");

  /* init a multi stack */
  multi_handle = curl_multi_init();

  /* add the individual transfers */
  curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, http_handle);

  /* we start some action by calling perform right away */
  curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);

  do {
    CURLMcode mc; /* curl_multi_wait() return code */
    int numfds;

    /* wait for activity, timeout or "nothing" */
    mc = curl_multi_wait(multi_handle, NULL, 0, 1000, &numfds);

    if(mc != CURLM_OK) {
      fprintf(stderr, "curl_multi_wait() failed, code %d.\n", mc);
      break;
    }

    /* 'numfds' being zero means either a timeout or no file descriptors to
       wait for. Try timeout on first occurrence, then assume no file
       descriptors and no file descriptors to wait for means wait for 100
       milliseconds. */

    if(!numfds) {
      repeats++; /* count number of repeated zero numfds */
      if(repeats > 1) {
        WAITMS(100); /* sleep 100 milliseconds */
      }
    }
    else
      repeats = 0;

    curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);
  } while(still_running);

  curl_multi_remove_handle(multi_handle, http_handle);

  curl_easy_cleanup(http_handle);

  curl_multi_cleanup(multi_handle);

  curl_global_cleanup();

  return 0;
}