curl_mime_addpart(3)

curl_mime_addpart3

Append a new empty part to a mime structure

Usage

#include <curl/curl.h>
curl_mimepart *curl_mime_addpart(curl_mime *mime);

Overview

curl_mime_addpart(3) creates and appends a new empty part to the given mime structure and returns a handle to it. The returned part handle can subsequently be populated using functions from the mime API.

mime is the handle of the mime structure in which the new part must be appended.

Protocols

This functionality affects http, imap and smtp

Examples

int main(void)
{
  curl_mime *mime;
  curl_mimepart *part;
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    /* create a mime handle */
    mime = curl_mime_init(curl);
    /* add a part */
    part = curl_mime_addpart(mime);
    /* continue and set name + data to the part */
    curl_mime_data(part, "This is the field data", CURL_ZERO_TERMINATED);
    curl_mime_name(part, "data");
  }
}

Return value

A mime part structure handle, or NULL upon failure.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13
  5. Arch

Availability

Added in curl 7.56.0

From curl 8.23.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.