CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION(3) Library Functions Manual CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION(3) NAME CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION - callback informed about what to wait for SYNOPSIS #include <curl/curl.h> int socket_callback(CURL *easy, curl_socket_t socket, int what, void *clientp, void *socketp); CURLMcode curl_multi_setopt(CURLM *handle, CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION, socket_callback); DESCRIPTION Pass a pointer to your callback function, which should match the prototype shown above. When the curl_multi_socket_action(3) function is called, it uses this call- back to inform the application about updates in the socket (file descrip- tor) status by doing none, one, or multiple calls to the socket_callback. The callback function gets status updates with changes since the previous time the callback was called. If the given callback pointer is set to NULL, no callback is called. libcurl then expects the application to monitor the sockets for the spe- cific activities and tell libcurl again when something happens on one of them. Tell libcurl by calling curl_multi_socket_action(3). This callback may get invoked at any time when interacting with libcurl. This may even happen after all transfers are done and is likely to happen during a call to curl_multi_cleanup(3) when cached connections are shut down. libcurl may use a number of internal file descriptors for name resolving, Happy Eyeballs racing, internal communication and more, in addition to the main sockets used for network transfers. All of those file descriptors might get passed to this callback as "sockets". CALLBACK ARGUMENTS easy identifies the specific transfer for which this update is related. Since this callback manages a whole multi handle, an application should not make assumptions about which particular handle that is passed here. It might even be an internal easy handle that the application did not add it- self. socket is the specific socket this function invocation concerns. If the what argument is not CURL_POLL_REMOVE then it holds information about what activity on this socket the application is supposed to monitor. Subsequent calls to this callback might update the what bits for a socket that is al- ready monitored. The socket callback should return 0 on success, and -1 on error. If this callback returns error, all transfers currently in progress in this multi handle are aborted and made to fail. clientp is set with CURLMOPT_SOCKETDATA(3). socketp is set with curl_multi_assign(3) or NULL. The what parameter informs the callback on the status of the given socket. It can hold one of these values: CURL_POLL_IN Wait for incoming data. For the socket to become readable. CURL_POLL_OUT Wait for outgoing data. For the socket to become writable. CURL_POLL_INOUT Wait for incoming and outgoing data. For the socket to become read- able or writable. CURL_POLL_REMOVE The specified socket/file descriptor is no longer used by libcurl for any active transfer. It might soon be added again. When a socket is given a CURL_POLL_REMOVE value, it might be because libcurl is going to close it, but it might also mean that it does not need any more monitoring for the moment. An application cannot assume either. The same socket might appear soon in a call asking for monitoring again. A socket that is removed like this loses its assigned pointer as set with curl_multi_assign(3). DEFAULT NULL (no callback) PROTOCOLS This functionality affects all supported protocols EXAMPLE struct priv { void *ours; }; static int sock_cb(CURL *e, curl_socket_t s, int what, void *cbp, void *sockp) { struct priv *p = cbp; printf("our ptr: %p\n", p->ours); if(what == CURL_POLL_REMOVE) { /* remove the socket from our collection */ } if(what & CURL_POLL_IN) { /* wait for read on this socket */ } if(what & CURL_POLL_OUT) { /* wait for write on this socket */ } return 0; } int main(void) { struct priv setup; CURLM *multi = curl_multi_init(); /* ... use socket callback and custom pointer */ curl_multi_setopt(multi, CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION, sock_cb); curl_multi_setopt(multi, CURLMOPT_SOCKETDATA, &setup); } AVAILABILITY Added in curl 7.15.4 RETURN VALUE Returns CURLM_OK. SEE ALSO CURLMOPT_SOCKETDATA(3), CURLMOPT_TIMERFUNCTION(3), curl_multi_socket_ac- tion(3) libcurl 2026-08-27 CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION(3)
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