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imap-multi.c

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/* <DESC>
 * Get IMAP email with the multi interface
 * </DESC>
 */
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
/* This is a simple example showing how to fetch mail using libcurl's IMAP
 * capabilities. It builds on the imap-fetch.c example to demonstrate how to
 * use libcurl's multi interface.
 */
 
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLM *mcurl;
  int still_running = 1;
 
  curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
 
  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(!curl)
    return 1;
 
  mcurl = curl_multi_init();
  if(!mcurl)
    return 2;
 
  /* Set username and password */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "user");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "secret");
 
  /* This fetches message 1 from the user's inbox */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "imap://imap.example.com/INBOX/;UID=1");
 
  /* Tell the multi stack about our easy handle */
  curl_multi_add_handle(mcurl, curl);
 
  do {
    CURLMcode mc = curl_multi_perform(mcurl, &still_running);
 
    if(still_running)
      /* wait for activity, timeout or "nothing" */
      mc = curl_multi_poll(mcurl, NULL, 0, 1000, NULL);
 
    if(mc)
      break;
  } while(still_running);
 
  /* Always cleanup */
  curl_multi_remove_handle(mcurl, curl);
  curl_multi_cleanup(mcurl);
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  curl_global_cleanup();
 
  return 0;
}

Notice

This source code example is simplified and ignores return codes and error checks to a large extent. We do this to highlight the libcurl function calls and related options and reduce unrelated code.

A real-world application will of course properly check every return value and exit correctly at the first serious error.