ftpuploadfrommem.c

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/* <DESC>
 * FTP upload a file from memory
 * </DESC>
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
static const char data[]=
  "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. "
  "Nam rhoncus odio id venenatis volutpat. Vestibulum dapibus "
  "bibendum ullamcorper. Maecenas finibus elit augue, vel "
  "condimentum odio maximus nec. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. "
  "Vestibulum vel dolor et turpis rutrum finibus ac at nulla. "
  "Vivamus nec neque ac elit blandit pretium vitae maximus ipsum. "
  "Quisque sodales magna vel erat auctor, sed pellentesque nisi "
  "rhoncus. Donec vehicula maximus pretium. Aliquam eu tincidunt "
  "lorem.";
 
struct WriteThis {
  const char *readptr;
  size_t sizeleft;
};
 
static size_t read_callback(char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp)
{
  struct WriteThis *upload = (struct WriteThis *)userp;
  size_t max = size*nmemb;
 
  if(max < 1)
    return 0;
 
  if(upload->sizeleft) {
    size_t copylen = max;
    if(copylen > upload->sizeleft)
      copylen = upload->sizeleft;
    memcpy(ptr, upload->readptr, copylen);
    upload->readptr += copylen;
    upload->sizeleft -= copylen;
    return copylen;
  }
 
  return 0;                          /* no more data left to deliver */
}
 
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res;
 
  struct WriteThis upload;
 
  upload.readptr = data;
  upload.sizeleft = strlen(data);
 
  /* In Windows, this inits the Winsock stuff */
  res = curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
  /* Check for errors */
  if(res != CURLE_OK) {
    fprintf(stderr, "curl_global_init() failed: %s\n",
            curl_easy_strerror(res));
    return 1;
  }
 
  /* get a curl handle */
  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    /* First set the URL, the target file */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL,
                     "ftp://example.com/path/to/upload/file");
 
    /* User and password for the FTP login */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "login:secret");
 
    /* Now specify we want to UPLOAD data */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L);
 
    /* we want to use our own read function */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, read_callback);
 
    /* pointer to pass to our read function */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, &upload);
 
    /* get verbose debug output please */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
 
    /* Set the expected upload size. */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE,
                     (curl_off_t)upload.sizeleft);
 
    /* Perform the request, res gets the return code */
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    /* Check for errors */
    if(res != CURLE_OK)
      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
              curl_easy_strerror(res));
 
    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
  curl_global_cleanup();
  return 0;
}

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