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curl_easy_recv - receives raw data on an "easy" connection #include <curl/easy.h> "CURLcode curl_easy_recv( CURL *" curl ", void *" buffer "," "size_t " buflen ", size_t *" n ");" This function receives raw data from the established connection. You may use it together with curl_easy_send(3) to implement custom protocols using libcurl. This functionality can be particularly useful if you use proxies and/or SSL encryption: libcurl will take care of proxy negotiation and connection set-up. buffer is a pointer to your buffer that will get the received data. buflen is the maximum amount of data you can get in that buffer. The variable n points to will receive the number of received bytes. To establish the connection, set CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY(3) option before calling curl_easy_perform(3) or \cIcurl_multi_perform(3). Note that curl_easy_recv(3) does not work on connections that were created without this option. You must ensure that the socket has data to read before calling curl_easy_recv(3), otherwise the call will return CURLE_AGAIN - the socket is used in non-blocking mode internally. Use curl_easy_getinfo(3) with CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET to obtain the socket; use your operating system facilities like select(2) to check if it has any data you can read. Added in 7.18.2. On success, returns CURLE_OK, stores the received data into buffer, and the number of bytes it actually read into *n. On failure, returns the appropriate error code. If there is no data to read, the function returns CURLE_AGAIN. Use your operating system facilities to wait until the data is ready, and retry. Reading exactly 0 bytes would indicate a closed connection. If there's no socket available to use from the previous transfer, this function returns CURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL. See sendrecv.c in docs/examples directory for usage example. curl_easy_setopt "(3), " curl_easy_perform "(3), " curl_easy_getinfo "(3), " curl_easy_send "(3) "