curl_easy_strerror(3)

Usage

#include <curl/curl.h>
const char *curl_easy_strerror(CURLcode errornum);

Overview

The curl_easy_strerror(3) function returns a string describing the CURLcode error code passed in the argument errornum.

Typically applications also appreciate CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3) for more specific error descriptions generated at runtime.

Protocols

This functionality affects all supported protocols

Examples

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode result;
    /* set options */
    /* Perform the entire transfer */
    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    /* Check for errors */
    if(result != CURLE_OK)
      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
              curl_easy_strerror(result));
  }
}

Return value

A pointer to a null-terminated string.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 8 times.

Referred to by

libcurl-errors(3) error codes in libcurl curl_url_strerror(3) return string describing error code CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3) error buffer for error messages curl_multi_strerror(3) return string describing error code curl_share_strerror(3) return string describing error code