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NAME

       curl_url_get - extract a part from a URL


SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLUcode curl_url_get(const CURLU *url,
                              CURLUPart part,
                              char **content,
                              unsigned int flags);


DESCRIPTION

       Given a url handle of a URL object, this function extracts an
       individual piece or the full URL from it.

       The part argument specifies which part to extract (see list below) and
       content points to a 'char *' to get updated to point to a newly
       allocated string with the contents.

       The flags argument is a bitmask with individual features.

       The returned content pointer must be freed with curl_free(3) after use.


FLAGS

       The flags argument is zero, one or more bits set in a bitmask.

       CURLU_DEFAULT_PORT
              If the handle has no port stored, this option makes
              curl_url_get(3) return the default port for the used scheme.

       CURLU_DEFAULT_SCHEME
              If the handle has no scheme stored, this option makes
              curl_url_get(3) return the default scheme instead of error.

       CURLU_NO_DEFAULT_PORT
              Instructs curl_url_get(3) to not return a port number if it
              matches the default port for the scheme.

       CURLU_URLDECODE
              Asks curl_url_get(3) to URL decode the contents before returning
              it. It does not decode the scheme, the port number or the full
              URL.

              The query component also gets plus-to-space conversion as a
              bonus when this bit is set.

              Note that this URL decoding is charset unaware and you get a
              zero terminated string back with data that could be intended for
              a particular encoding.

              If there are byte values lower than 32 in the decoded string,
              the get operation returns an error instead.

       CURLU_URLENCODE
              If set, curl_url_get(3) URL encodes the host name part when a
              full URL is retrieved. If not set (default), libcurl returns the
              URL with the host name "raw" to support IDN names to appear as-
              is. IDN host names are typically using non-ASCII bytes that
              otherwise gets percent-encoded.

              Note that even when not asking for URL encoding, the '%' (byte
              37) is URL encoded to make sure the host name remains valid.

       CURLU_PUNYCODE
              If set and CURLU_URLENCODE is not set, and asked to retrieve the
              CURLUPART_HOST or CURLUPART_URL parts, libcurl returns the host
              name in its punycode version if it contains any non-ASCII octets
              (and is an IDN name).

              If libcurl is built without IDN capabilities, using this bit
              makes curl_url_get(3) return CURLUE_LACKS_IDN if the host name
              contains anything outside the ASCII range.

              (Added in curl 7.88.0)

       CURLU_PUNY2IDN
              If set and asked to retrieve the CURLUPART_HOST or CURLUPART_URL
              parts, libcurl returns the host name in its IDN (International
              Domain Name) UTF-8 version if it otherwise is a punycode
              version. If the punycode name cannot be converted to IDN
              correctly, libcurl returns CURLUE_BAD_HOSTNAME.

              If libcurl is built without IDN capabilities, using this bit
              makes curl_url_get(3) return CURLUE_LACKS_IDN if the host name
              is using punycode.

              (Added in curl 8.3.0)


PARTS

       CURLUPART_URL
              When asked to return the full URL, curl_url_get(3) returns a
              normalized and possibly cleaned up version using all available
              URL parts.

              We advise using the CURLU_PUNYCODE option to get the URL as
              "normalized" as possible since IDN allows host names to be
              written in many different ways that still end up the same
              punycode version.

       CURLUPART_SCHEME
              Scheme cannot be URL decoded on get.

       CURLUPART_USER

       CURLUPART_PASSWORD

       CURLUPART_OPTIONS
              The options field is an optional field that might follow the
              password in the userinfo part. It is only recognized/used when
              parsing URLs for the following schemes: pop3, smtp and imap. The
              URL API still allows users to set and get this field
              independently of scheme when not parsing full URLs.

       CURLUPART_HOST
              The host name. If it is an IPv6 numeric address, the zone id is
              not part of it but is provided separately in CURLUPART_ZONEID.
              IPv6 numerical addresses are returned within brackets ([]).

              IPv6 names are normalized when set, which should make them as
              short as possible while maintaining correct syntax.

       CURLUPART_ZONEID
              If the host name is a numeric IPv6 address, this field might
              also be set.

       CURLUPART_PORT
              A port cannot be URL decoded on get. This number is returned in
              a string just like all other parts. That string is guaranteed to
              hold a valid port number in ASCII using base 10.

       CURLUPART_PATH
              The part is always at least a slash ('/') even if no path was
              supplied in the URL. A URL path always starts with a slash.

       CURLUPART_QUERY
              The initial question mark that denotes the beginning of the
              query part is a delimiter only.  It is not part of the query
              contents.

              A not-present query returns part set to NULL.  A zero-length
              query returns part as a zero-length string.

              The query part gets pluses converted to space when asked to URL
              decode on get with the CURLU_URLDECODE bit.

       CURLUPART_FRAGMENT
              The initial hash sign that denotes the beginning of the fragment
              is a delimiter only. It is not part of the fragment contents.


EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURLUcode rc;
         CURLU *url = curl_url();
         rc = curl_url_set(url, CURLUPART_URL, "https://example.com", 0);
         if(!rc) {
           char *scheme;
           rc = curl_url_get(url, CURLUPART_SCHEME, &scheme, 0);
           if(!rc) {
             printf("the scheme is %s\n", scheme);
             curl_free(scheme);
           }
           curl_url_cleanup(url);
         }
       }


AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.62.0. CURLUPART_ZONEID was added in 7.65.0.


RETURN VALUE

       Returns a CURLUcode error value, which is CURLUE_OK (0) if everything
       went fine. See the libcurl-errors(3) man page for the full list with
       descriptions.

       If this function returns an error, no URL part is returned.


SEE ALSO

       curl_url(3), curl_url_cleanup(3), curl_url_dup(3), curl_url_set(3),
       curl_url_strerror(3), CURLOPT_CURLU(3)

libcurl 8.5.0                  December 4, 2023                curl_url_get(3)

curl 8.5.0 - Generated Tue Dec 19 10:18:59 CST 2023
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