xref: /curl/docs/examples/url2file.c (revision 53b4dfe4)
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24 /* <DESC>
25  * Download a given URL into a local file named page.out.
26  * </DESC>
27  */
28 #include <stdio.h>
29 #include <stdlib.h>
30 
31 #include <curl/curl.h>
32 
write_data(void * ptr,size_t size,size_t nmemb,void * stream)33 static size_t write_data(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *stream)
34 {
35   size_t written = fwrite(ptr, size, nmemb, (FILE *)stream);
36   return written;
37 }
38 
main(int argc,char * argv[])39 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
40 {
41   CURL *curl_handle;
42   static const char *pagefilename = "page.out";
43   FILE *pagefile;
44 
45   if(argc < 2) {
46     printf("Usage: %s <URL>\n", argv[0]);
47     return 1;
48   }
49 
50   curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
51 
52   /* init the curl session */
53   curl_handle = curl_easy_init();
54 
55   /* set URL to get here */
56   curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, argv[1]);
57 
58   /* Switch on full protocol/debug output while testing */
59   curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
60 
61   /* disable progress meter, set to 0L to enable it */
62   curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1L);
63 
64   /* send all data to this function  */
65   curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_data);
66 
67   /* open the file */
68   pagefile = fopen(pagefilename, "wb");
69   if(pagefile) {
70 
71     /* write the page body to this file handle */
72     curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, pagefile);
73 
74     /* get it! */
75     curl_easy_perform(curl_handle);
76 
77     /* close the header file */
78     fclose(pagefile);
79   }
80 
81   /* cleanup curl stuff */
82   curl_easy_cleanup(curl_handle);
83 
84   curl_global_cleanup();
85 
86   return 0;
87 }
88