curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_PRIVATE.md
Daniel Stenberg e3fe020089
docs/libcurl: generate PROTOCOLS from meta-data
Remove the PROTOCOLS section from the source files completely and
instead generate them based on the header data in the curldown files.

It also generates TLS backend information for options marked for TLS as
protocol.

Closes #13175
2024-03-23 18:13:03 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLINFO_PRIVATE
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_PRIVATE (3)
- curl_easy_getinfo (3)
- curl_easy_setopt (3)
Protocol:
- All
---
# NAME
CURLINFO_PRIVATE - get the private pointer
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, char **private);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the pointer to the private data
associated with the curl handle (set with the CURLOPT_PRIVATE(3)).
Please note that for internal reasons, the value is returned as a char
pointer, although effectively being a 'void *'.
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
void *pointer = (void *)0x2345454;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
/* set the private pointer */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, pointer);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
/* extract the private pointer again */
res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, &pointer);
if(res)
printf("error: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.10.3
# RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.