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24 /* <DESC>
25  * using the multi interface to do a multipart formpost without blocking
26  * </DESC>
27  */
28 
29 /*
30  * Warning: this example uses the deprecated form api. See "multi-post.c"
31  *          for a similar example using the mime api.
32  */
33 
34 #include <stdio.h>
35 #include <string.h>
36 
37 #include <curl/curl.h>
38 
main(void)39 int main(void)
40 {
41   CURL *curl;
42 
43   CURLM *multi_handle;
44   int still_running = 0;
45 
46   struct curl_httppost *formpost = NULL;
47   struct curl_httppost *lastptr = NULL;
48   struct curl_slist *headerlist = NULL;
49   static const char buf[] = "Expect:";
50 
51   /* Fill in the file upload field. This makes libcurl load data from
52      the given file name when curl_easy_perform() is called. */
53   curl_formadd(&formpost,
54                &lastptr,
55                CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "sendfile",
56                CURLFORM_FILE, "multi-formadd.c",
57                CURLFORM_END);
58 
59   /* Fill in the filename field */
60   curl_formadd(&formpost,
61                &lastptr,
62                CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "filename",
63                CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "multi-formadd.c",
64                CURLFORM_END);
65 
66   /* Fill in the submit field too, even if this is rarely needed */
67   curl_formadd(&formpost,
68                &lastptr,
69                CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "submit",
70                CURLFORM_COPYCONTENTS, "send",
71                CURLFORM_END);
72 
73   curl = curl_easy_init();
74   multi_handle = curl_multi_init();
75 
76   /* initialize custom header list (stating that Expect: 100-continue is not
77      wanted */
78   headerlist = curl_slist_append(headerlist, buf);
79   if(curl && multi_handle) {
80 
81     /* what URL that receives this POST */
82     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.example.com/upload.cgi");
83     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
84 
85     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headerlist);
86     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPPOST, formpost);
87 
88     curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, curl);
89 
90     do {
91       CURLMcode mc = curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);
92 
93       if(still_running)
94         /* wait for activity, timeout or "nothing" */
95         mc = curl_multi_poll(multi_handle, NULL, 0, 1000, NULL);
96 
97       if(mc)
98         break;
99 
100     } while(still_running);
101 
102     curl_multi_cleanup(multi_handle);
103 
104     /* always cleanup */
105     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
106 
107     /* then cleanup the formpost chain */
108     curl_formfree(formpost);
109 
110     /* free slist */
111     curl_slist_free_all(headerlist);
112   }
113   return 0;
114 }
115