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+---
+c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel.se>, et al.
+SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
+Title: curl_share_init
+Section: 3
+Source: libcurl
+See-also:
+  - curl_share_cleanup (3)
+  - curl_share_setopt (3)
+---
+
+# NAME
+
+curl_share_init - Create a shared object
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+
+~~~c
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+CURLSH *curl_share_init();
+~~~
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+This function returns a pointer to a *CURLSH* handle to be used as input
+to all the other share-functions, sometimes referred to as a share handle in
+some places in the documentation. This init call MUST have a corresponding
+call to curl_share_cleanup(3) when all operations using the share are
+complete.
+
+This *share handle* is what you pass to curl using the
+CURLOPT_SHARE(3) option with curl_easy_setopt(3), to make that
+specific curl handle use the data in this share.
+
+# EXAMPLE
+
+~~~c
+int main(void)
+{
+  CURLSHcode sh;
+  CURLSH *share = curl_share_init();
+  sh = curl_share_setopt(share, CURLSHOPT_SHARE, CURL_LOCK_DATA_CONNECT);
+  if(sh)
+    printf("Error: %s\n", curl_share_strerror(sh));
+}
+~~~
+
+# AVAILABILITY
+
+Added in 7.10
+
+# RETURN VALUE
+
+If this function returns NULL, something went wrong (out of memory, etc.)
+and therefore the share object was not created.