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.TH curl_url 3 "2024-11-07" libcurl
.SH NAME
curl_url \- create a URL handle
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLU *curl_url();
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
This function allocates a URL object and returns a \fICURLU\fP handle for it,
to be used as input to all other URL API functions.

This is a handle to a URL object that holds or can hold URL components for a
single URL. When the object is first created, there is of course no components
stored. They are then set in the object with the \fIcurl_url_set(3)\fP
function.
.SH PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all supported protocols
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
  CURLUcode rc;
  CURLU *url = curl_url();
  rc = curl_url_set(url, CURLUPART_URL, "https://example.com", 0);
  if(!rc) {
    char *scheme;
    rc = curl_url_get(url, CURLUPART_SCHEME, &scheme, 0);
    if(!rc) {
      printf("the scheme is %s\\n", scheme);
      curl_free(scheme);
    }
    curl_url_cleanup(url);
  }
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.62.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns a \fBCURLU \fP* if successful, or NULL if out of memory.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR CURLOPT_CURLU (3),
.BR curl_url_cleanup (3),
.BR curl_url_dup (3),
.BR curl_url_get (3),
.BR curl_url_set (3),
.BR curl_url_strerror (3)