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.TH curl_url 3 "March 22, 2019" "libcurl 7.66.0" "libcurl Manual"

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

CURLU *curl_url();
.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), "