On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, BV wrote:

> I'm new to cURL and trying to understand the ways to POST data...

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> I want to be able to POST data both as a single blob and also via the read
> callback. I don't want to PUT files, or to post multipart form data:
>
> Is the following correct to accomplish the two cases ?

Why don't you try it out first and then ask if it doesn't work?

> // Post data via read callback...
> curl_easy_setopt(m_pCurl,CURLOPT_READDATA,this);
> curl_easy_setopt(m_pCurl,CURLOPT_READFUNCTION,staticCurlReadCallback);
> curl_easy_setopt(m_pCurl,CURLOPT_UPLOAD,1);
> curl_easy_setopt(m_pCurl,CURLOPT_POST,1);
> curl_easy_setopt(m_pCurl,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,0);
>
> // Post data as a singne form encoded blob:
> curl_easy_setopt(m_pCurl,CURLOPT_POST,1);
> curl_easy_setopt(m_pCurl,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,pbData);
> curl_easy_setopt(m_pCurl,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE,iDataLen);

Yeps, they look fine to me!

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