CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET explained

Name

CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET - get the last socket used

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>
 
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET, long *socket);

Description

Deprecated since 7.45.0. Use CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET instead.

Pass a pointer to a long to receive the last socket used by this curl session. If the socket is no longer valid, -1 is returned. When you finish working with the socket, you must call curl_easy_cleanup as usual and let libcurl close the socket and cleanup other resources associated with the handle. This is typically used in combination with CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY.

NOTE: this API is deprecated since it is not working on win64 where the SOCKET type is 64 bits large while its 'long' is 32 bits. Use the CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET instead, if possible.

Protocols

This functionality affects all supported protocols

Example

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    long sockfd; /* does not work on win64 */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
 
    /* Do not do the transfer - only connect to host */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY, 1L);
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    if(res != CURLE_OK) {
      printf("Error: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));
      curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
      return 1;
    }
 
    /* Extract the socket from the curl handle */
    res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET, &sockfd);
    if(!res && sockfd != -1) {
      /* operate on sockfd */
    }
 
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}

Availability

Added in curl 7.15.2

Return value

curl_easy_getinfo returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors.