using libcurl

General hints and suggestions to consider when using libcurl in your applications are gathered here.

• Language-specific docs are found on the libcurl front page
• Check the full guide to the C API
• Learn from our collection of source code examples

Our suggested way on how to write autoconf to find libcurl.

curl-config is our friend

Applications (or actually whoever) that want to find out about the libcurl installation on a particular host, will find a friend in the curl-config tool.

What compiler flags do I need to compile libcurl using source code?

 curl-config --cflags

What linker options do I need when I link with libcurl?

 curl-config --libs

How do I know if libcurl was built with SSL support?

 curl-config --feature | grep SSL

What's the installed libcurl version?

 curl-config --version