curl_easy_strerror - Man Page

#include <curl/curl.h>

const char *curl_easy_strerror(CURLcode errornum);

The curl_easy_strerror(3) function returns a string describing the CURLcode error code passed in the argument errornum.

Typically applications also appreciate CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3) for more specific error descriptions generated at runtime.

  /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
  res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  /* Check for errors */
  if(res != CURLE_OK)
    fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
            curl_easy_strerror(res));

This function was added in libcurl 7.12.0

A pointer to a null-terminated string.

libcurl-errors(3), curl_multi_strerror(3), curl_share_strerror(3), curl_url_strerror(3)

curl_multi_strerror(3), CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3), curl_share_strerror(3), curl_url_strerror(3), libcurl-errors(3).