curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_PRIVATE.md
Daniel Stenberg 8442c24c9a
CURLINFO: remove 'get' and 'get the' from each short desc
The short descriptions describe the data each info retrieves. The info
itself does not 'get' the data.

This simplifies and shortens the descriptions and make them more
consistent.

Closes #19406
2025-11-08 17:05:55 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLINFO_PRIVATE
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_PRIVATE (3)
- curl_easy_getinfo (3)
- curl_easy_setopt (3)
Protocol:
- All
Added-in: 7.10.3
---
# NAME
CURLINFO_PRIVATE - private pointer
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, char **private);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the pointer to the private data
associated with the curl handle (set with the CURLOPT_PRIVATE(3)).
Please note that for internal reasons, the value is returned as a char
pointer, although effectively being a 'void *'.
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
void *pointer = (void *)0x2345454;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
/* set the private pointer */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, pointer);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
/* extract the private pointer again */
res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, &pointer);
if(res)
printf("error: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# %AVAILABILITY%
# RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_getinfo(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.
CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see
libcurl-errors(3).