Using libcurl C/C++ API

Documentation - Stuff for you to read

Using the Curl Tool

• The full unix-style man page describes all options and all tiny quirks about how to use curl on the command line.
• Bug Report is a document about how to report bugs that you find in curl.
• FAQ is short for Frequently Asked Questions and these ones surely are...
• A plain list with all curl's features can be found here, they're just listed on top of each other.
• Scripting HTTP Requests Using Curl gives you a good initial grip on how you use curl to emulate a browser.
• Install clearly describes how to go ahead when you want to compile and install curl on your system.
• The manual contains a lot of examples and explanations about the concepts behind the command line options etc. A kind of tutorial.
• Versions describes how the version numbers of curl and libcurl releases are constructed.
• Y2K just informs you about the fact that curl has no Y2K problems built-in.
• The comparison table shows you how curl's features compare against similar available tools.
• At times curl is not the tool for you, find the one on the related tools page.
• Find out in which OS distrbutions you find curl included.

Hacking On Curl

• Contribute explains about a few things to consider when you contribute with patches and source code to the curl project.
• Copyright details what the licensing for curl actually defines and allows you to do with curl and libcurl.
• Internals describes how things work internally in curl, for code hackers, bug fixers and generally interested parties.
• Resources contains a list of all the relevant standards curl uses, as well as pointers to software and related stuff to curl hackers.
• TODO is the document in which I gather some of the ideas I get or receive from others to add to curl in future versions.
• Changes is the complete and huge file from the distribution archives and contains all changes done to curl the last year or so.
• Thanks to these people, curl exists as it is today!

Related Documentation

• All libcurl related stuff is in its own section.
• You'll find answers to many questions regarding SSL and OpenSSL in the OpenSSL FAQ.
• You'll also find a selected set of RFCs that concerns curl.

Please, if you find errors, bad wording or just miss items in these documents, correct them and mail me the updated version! You find the ASCII versions of all of them in the release tarballs. I am always interested in more and better documents. I need you to help me.

Some of these documents are converted to HTML using a txt2html tool, why some of the formatting gets a little odd. I still consider them to be useful and the conversion saves me from a lot of extra work trying to maintain the same info at several places...

You find the absolutely most updated documentation when browsing the curl CVS docs repository.