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1 files changed, 40 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/docs/examples/getinmemory.c b/docs/examples/getinmemory.c
index 635a936b..a1c21404 100644
--- a/docs/examples/getinmemory.c
+++ b/docs/examples/getinmemory.c
@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
-/*****************************************************************************
+/***************************************************************************
* _ _ ____ _
* Project ___| | | | _ \| |
* / __| | | | |_) | |
* | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
* \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
*
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
*
- * Example source code to show how the callback function can be used to
+ * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+ * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
+ * are also available at http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html.
+ *
+ * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+/* Example source code to show how the callback function can be used to
* download data into a chunk of memory instead of storing it in a file.
*/
@@ -23,19 +36,19 @@ struct MemoryStruct {
static size_t
-WriteMemoryCallback(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *data)
+WriteMemoryCallback(void *contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp)
{
size_t realsize = size * nmemb;
- struct MemoryStruct *mem = (struct MemoryStruct *)data;
+ struct MemoryStruct *mem = (struct MemoryStruct *)userp;
mem->memory = realloc(mem->memory, mem->size + realsize + 1);
- if (mem->memory == NULL) {
+ if(mem->memory == NULL) {
/* out of memory! */
printf("not enough memory (realloc returned NULL)\n");
- exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ return 0;
}
- memcpy(&(mem->memory[mem->size]), ptr, realsize);
+ memcpy(&(mem->memory[mem->size]), contents, realsize);
mem->size += realsize;
mem->memory[mem->size] = 0;
@@ -43,9 +56,10 @@ WriteMemoryCallback(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *data)
}
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
+int main(void)
{
CURL *curl_handle;
+ CURLcode res;
struct MemoryStruct chunk;
@@ -71,26 +85,28 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "libcurl-agent/1.0");
/* get it! */
- curl_easy_perform(curl_handle);
+ res = curl_easy_perform(curl_handle);
+
+ /* check for errors */
+ if(res != CURLE_OK) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
+ curl_easy_strerror(res));
+ }
+ else {
+ /*
+ * Now, our chunk.memory points to a memory block that is chunk.size
+ * bytes big and contains the remote file.
+ *
+ * Do something nice with it!
+ */
+
+ printf("%lu bytes retrieved\n", (long)chunk.size);
+ }
/* cleanup curl stuff */
curl_easy_cleanup(curl_handle);
- /*
- * Now, our chunk.memory points to a memory block that is chunk.size
- * bytes big and contains the remote file.
- *
- * Do something nice with it!
- *
- * You should be aware of the fact that at this point we might have an
- * allocated data block, and nothing has yet deallocated that data. So when
- * you're done with it, you should free() it as a nice application.
- */
-
- printf("%lu bytes retrieved\n", chunk.size);
-
- if(chunk.memory)
- free(chunk.memory);
+ free(chunk.memory);
/* we're done with libcurl, so clean it up */
curl_global_cleanup();