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22 /* <DESC>
23  * Very simple HTTP GET
24  * </DESC>
25  */
26 #include <stdio.h>
27 #include <curl/curl.h>
28 
29 int main(void)
30 {
31   CURL *curl;
32   CURLcode res;
33 
34   curl = curl_easy_init();
35   if(curl) {
36     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
37     /* example.com is redirected, so we tell libcurl to follow redirection */
38     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
39 
40     /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
41     res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
42     /* Check for errors */
43     if(res != CURLE_OK)
44       fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
45               curl_easy_strerror(res));
46 
47     /* always cleanup */
48     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
49   }
50   return 0;
51 }
52