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.TH curl_url 3 "January 29, 2019" "libcurl 7.64.0" "libcurl Manual"

.SH NAME
curl_url - returns a new CURLU handle
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <curl/curl.h>

CURLU *curl_url();
.SH EXPERIMENTAL
The URL API is considered \fBEXPERIMENTAL\fP until further notice. Please test
it, report bugs and help us perfect it. Once proven to be reliable, the
experimental label will be removed.

While this API is marked experimental, we reserve the right to modify the API
slightly if we deem it necessary and it makes it notably better or easier to
use.
.SH DESCRIPTION
This function will allocates and returns a pointer to a fresh CURLU handle, to
be used for further use of the URL API.
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns a \fBCURLU *\fP if successful, or NULL if out of memory.
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
  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);
  }
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.62.0
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR curl_url_cleanup "(3), " curl_url_get "(3), " curl_url_set "(3), "
.BR curl_url_dup "(3), "