CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION(3)
CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION(3curl_easy_setopt optionCURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION - callback to progress meter func-
tion
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
int progress_callback(void *clientp,
curl_off_t dltotal,
curl_off_t dlnow,
curl_off_t ultotal,
curl_off_t ulnow);
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle,
CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION, progress_callback);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to your callback function, which should match
the prototype shown above.
This function gets called by libcurl instead of its internal
equivalent with a frequent interval. While data is being
transferred it will be called very frequently, and during
slow periods like when nothing is being transferred it can
slow down to about one call per second.
clientp is the pointer set with CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA(3), it
is not used by libcurl but is only passed along from the
application to the callback.
The callback gets told how much data libcurl will transfer
and has transferred, in number of bytes. dltotal is the
total number of bytes libcurl expects to download in this
transfer. dlnow is the number of bytes downloaded so far.
ultotal is the total number of bytes libcurl expects to
upload in this transfer. ulnow is the number of bytes
uploaded so far.
Unknown/unused argument values passed to the callback will
be set to zero (like if you only download data, the upload
size will remain 0). Many times the callback will be called
one or more times first, before it knows the data sizes so a
program must be made to handle that.
Returning a non-zero value from this callback will cause
libcurl to abort the transfer and return
CURLE_ABORTED_BY_CALLBACK.
If you transfer data with the multi interface, this function
will not be called during periods of idleness unless you
call the appropriate libcurl function that performs
transfers.
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CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS(3) must be set to 0 to make this function
actually get called.
DEFAULT
By default, libcurl has an internal progress meter. That's
rarely wanted by users.
PROTOCOLS
All
EXAMPLE
https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/progressfunc.html
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.32.0. This callback replaces
CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3)
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA(3), CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS(3),
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