externalsocket.c

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/* <DESC>
 * Pass in a custom socket for libcurl to use.
 * </DESC>
 */
#ifdef _WIN32
#ifndef _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS
#define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS  /* for inet_addr() */
#endif
#endif
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
#ifdef _WIN32
#define close closesocket
#else
#include <sys/types.h>        /*  socket types              */
#include <sys/socket.h>       /*  socket definitions        */
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>        /*  inet (3) functions        */
#include <unistd.h>           /*  misc. Unix functions      */
#endif
 
#include <errno.h>
 
/* The IP address and port number to connect to */
#define IPADDR "127.0.0.1"
#define PORTNUM 80
 
#ifndef INADDR_NONE
#define INADDR_NONE 0xffffffff
#endif
 
static size_t write_data(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *stream)
{
  size_t written = fwrite(ptr, size, nmemb, (FILE *)stream);
  return written;
}
 
static int closecb(void *clientp, curl_socket_t item)
{
  (void)clientp;
  printf("libcurl wants to close %d now\n", (int)item);
  return 0;
}
 
static curl_socket_t opensocket(void *clientp,
                                curlsocktype purpose,
                                struct curl_sockaddr *address)
{
  curl_socket_t sockfd;
  (void)purpose;
  (void)address;
  sockfd = *(curl_socket_t *)clientp;
  /* the actual externally set socket is passed in via the OPENSOCKETDATA
     option */
  return sockfd;
}
 
static int sockopt_callback(void *clientp, curl_socket_t curlfd,
                            curlsocktype purpose)
{
  (void)clientp;
  (void)curlfd;
  (void)purpose;
  /* This return code was added in libcurl 7.21.5 */
  return CURL_SOCKOPT_ALREADY_CONNECTED;
}
 
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res;
  struct sockaddr_in servaddr;  /*  socket address structure  */
  curl_socket_t sockfd;
 
#ifdef _WIN32
  WSADATA wsaData;
  int initwsa = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsaData);
  if(initwsa) {
    printf("WSAStartup failed: %d\n", initwsa);
    return 1;
  }
#endif
 
  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    /*
     * Note that libcurl internally thinks that you connect to the host and
     * port that you specify in the URL option.
     */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://99.99.99.99:9999");
 
    /* Create the socket "manually" */
    sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
    if(sockfd == CURL_SOCKET_BAD) {
      printf("Error creating listening socket.\n");
      return 3;
    }
 
    memset(&servaddr, 0, sizeof(servaddr));
    servaddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
    servaddr.sin_port   = htons(PORTNUM);
 
    servaddr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(IPADDR);
    if(INADDR_NONE == servaddr.sin_addr.s_addr) {
      close(sockfd);
      return 2;
    }
 
    if(connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &servaddr, sizeof(servaddr)) ==
       -1) {
      close(sockfd);
      printf("client error: connect: %s\n", strerror(errno));
      return 1;
    }
 
    /* no progress meter please */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1L);
 
    /* send all data to this function  */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_data);
 
    /* call this function to get a socket */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETFUNCTION, opensocket);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETDATA, &sockfd);
 
    /* call this function to close sockets */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETFUNCTION, closecb);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETDATA, &sockfd);
 
    /* call this function to set options for the socket */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION, sockopt_callback);
 
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
 
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
 
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
 
    close(sockfd);
 
    if(res) {
      printf("libcurl error: %d\n", res);
      return 4;
    }
  }
 
#ifdef _WIN32
  WSACleanup();
#endif
  return 0;
}

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