On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Rahul Rathi wrote:

> I am trying to POST huge files on a server. The server does not allow to do
> PUT for this.
>
> I tried using curl_formadd() for doing this. But the problem with this is it
> inserts MIME headers and boundaries even if a single file is POSted. Is
> there any of avoiding these MIME headers.
>
> The CURL_POSTFIELDS aceepts a buffer for bindary data. But this is ok for
> small buffers. When it comes to writing huge files this not useful.
>
> Is there any way to POST huge files ? I don't want to do PUT.

curl_formadd() creates a multipart formpost and juding by your comments above
that's not what you want (as that implies mime headers etc).

And yes, a normal POST can be any size you like. You can use
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS or even set CURLOPT_POST only and pass all data using the
read callback.

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  / daniel.haxx.se