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+---
+c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel.se>, et al.
+SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
+Title: curl_easy_init
+Section: 3
+Source: libcurl
+See-also:
+  - curl_easy_cleanup (3)
+  - curl_easy_duphandle (3)
+  - curl_easy_perform (3)
+  - curl_easy_reset (3)
+  - curl_global_init (3)
+  - curl_multi_init (3)
+---
+
+# NAME
+
+curl_easy_init - Start a libcurl easy session
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+
+~~~c
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+CURL *curl_easy_init();
+~~~
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+This function allocates and returns a CURL easy handle. Such a handle is used
+as input to other functions in the easy interface. This call must have a
+corresponding call to curl_easy_cleanup(3) when the operation is complete.
+
+The easy handle is used to hold and control a single network transfer. It is
+encouraged to reuse easy handles for repeated transfers.
+
+An alternative way to get a new easy handle is to duplicate an already
+existing one with curl_easy_duphandle(3), which has the upside that it gets
+all the options that were set in the source handle set in the new copy as
+well.
+
+If you did not already call curl_global_init(3) before calling this function,
+curl_easy_init(3) does it automatically. This may be lethal in multi-threaded
+cases, if curl_global_init(3) is not thread-safe in your system, and it may
+then result in resource problems because there is no corresponding cleanup.
+
+You are strongly advised to not allow this automatic behavior, by calling
+curl_global_init(3) yourself properly. See the description in libcurl(3) of
+global environment requirements for details of how to use this function.
+
+# EXAMPLE
+
+~~~c
+int main(void)
+{
+  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+  if(curl) {
+    CURLcode res;
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
+    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+  }
+}
+~~~
+
+# AVAILABILITY
+
+Always
+
+# RETURN VALUE
+
+If this function returns NULL, something went wrong and you cannot use the
+other curl functions.