curl_version.md

c	SPDX-License-Identifier	Title	Section	Source	See-also	Protocol	Added-in
Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <[email protected]>, et al.	curl	curl_version	3	libcurl	curl_version_info (3)	All	7.1

NAME

curl_version - returns the libcurl version string

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

char *curl_version();

DESCRIPTION

Returns a human readable string with the version number of libcurl and some of its important components (like OpenSSL version).

We recommend using curl_version_info(3) instead!

%PROTOCOLS%

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
  printf("libcurl version %s\n", curl_version());
}

%AVAILABILITY%

RETURN VALUE

A pointer to a null-terminated string. The string resides in a statically allocated buffer and must not be freed by the caller.