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curl_formfree(3)	   Library Functions Manual	      curl_formfree(3)

NAME
       curl_formfree - free a previously build multipart form post chain

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<curl/curl.h>

       void curl_formfree(struct curl_httppost *form);

DESCRIPTION
       This function is	deprecated. Do not use.	See curl_mime_init(3) instead.

       curl_formfree() is used to clean	up data	previously built/appended with
       curl_formadd(3).	This must be called when the data has been used, which
       typically means after curl_easy_perform(3) has been called.

       The pointer to free is the same pointer you passed to the CURLOPT_HTTP-
       POST(3) option, which is	the firstitem pointer from the curl_formadd(3)
       invoke(s).

       form is the pointer as returned from a previous call to curl_formadd(3)
       and may be NULL.

       Passing	in  a  NULL pointer in form makes this function	return immedi-
       ately with no action.

PROTOCOLS
       This functionality affects http only

EXAMPLE
       int main(void)
       {
	 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
	 if(curl) {
	   struct curl_httppost	*formpost;
	   struct curl_httppost	*lastptr;

	   /* Fill in a	file upload field */
	   curl_formadd(&formpost,
			&lastptr,
			CURLFORM_COPYNAME, "file",
			CURLFORM_FILE, "nice-image.jpg",
			CURLFORM_END);

	   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPPOST, formpost);

	   curl_easy_perform(curl);

	   /* then cleanup the formpost	chain */
	   curl_formfree(formpost);
	 }
       }

DEPRECATED
       Deprecated in 7.56.0.

AVAILABILITY
       Added in	curl 7.1

RETURN VALUE
       None

SEE ALSO
       curl_formadd(3),	curl_mime_free(3), curl_mime_init(3)

libcurl				  2025-06-03		      curl_formfree(3)

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