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.TH curl_share_init 3 "2024-07-29" libcurl
.SH NAME
curl_share_init \- create a share object
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLSH *curl_share_init();
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
This function returns a pointer to a \fICURLSH\fP handle to be used as input
to all the other share\-functions, sometimes referred to as a share handle in
some places in the documentation. This init call MUST have a corresponding
call to \fIcurl_share_cleanup(3)\fP when all operations using the share are
complete.

This \fIshare handle\fP is what you pass to curl using the
\fICURLOPT_SHARE(3)\fP option with \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP, to make that
specific curl handle use the data in this share.
.SH PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all supported protocols
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
  CURLSHcode sh;
  CURLSH *share = curl_share_init();
  sh = curl_share_setopt(share, CURLSHOPT_SHARE, CURL_LOCK_DATA_CONNECT);
  if(sh)
    printf("Error: %s\\n", curl_share_strerror(sh));
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.10
.SH RETURN VALUE
If this function returns NULL, something went wrong (out of memory, etc.)
and therefore the share object was not created.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR curl_share_cleanup (3),
.BR curl_share_setopt (3)