Commit d415bdb8 authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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CURLOPT_HTTPPOST.3: the data needs to be around while in use

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.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
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.\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ Tells libcurl you want a multipart/formdata HTTP POST to be made and you
instruct what data to pass on to the server in the \fIformpost\fP argument.
Pass a pointer to a linked list of curl_httppost structs as parameter.  The
easiest way to create such a list, is to use \fIcurl_formadd(3)\fP as
documented. The data in this list must remain intact until you close this curl
handle again with \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP.
documented. The data in this list must remain intact as long as the curl
transfer is alive and is using it.

Using POST with HTTP 1.1 implies the use of a "Expect: 100-continue" header.
You can disable this header with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3)\fP.
@@ -76,3 +76,4 @@ As long as HTTP is enabled
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is enabled, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS "(3), " CURLOPT_POST "(3), "
.BR curl_formadd "(3), " curl_formfree "(3), "