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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;
 
  CURLcode result = curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
  if(result != CURLE_OK)
    return (int)result;
 
  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLM *multi;
 
    multi = curl_multi_init();
    if(multi) {
      int still_running = 1;
 
      /* 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(multi, curl);
 
      do {
        CURLMcode mresult = curl_multi_perform(multi, &still_running);
 
        if(still_running)
          /* wait for activity, timeout or "nothing" */
          mresult = curl_multi_poll(multi, NULL, 0, 1000, NULL);
 
        if(mresult)
          break;
      } while(still_running);
 
      /* Always cleanup */
      curl_multi_remove_handle(multi, curl);
      curl_multi_cleanup(multi);
    }
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
 
  curl_global_cleanup();
 
  return 0;
}

Notice

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

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