curl_mime_encoder(3)            libcurl Manual            curl_mime_encoder(3)

NAME
       curl_mime_encoder - set a mime part's encoder and content transfer
       encoding

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_mime_encoder(curl_mimepart * part, const char *
       encoding);

DESCRIPTION
       curl_mime_encoder() requests a mime part's content to be encoded before
       being transmitted.

       part is the part's handle to assign an encoder.  encoding is a pointer
       to a null-terminated encoding scheme. It may be set to NULL to disable
       an encoder previously attached to the part. The encoding scheme storage
       may safely be reused after this function returns.

       Setting a part's encoder twice is valid: only the value set by the last
       call is retained.

       Upon multipart rendering, the part's content is encoded according to
       the pertaining scheme and a corresponding Content-Transfer-Encoding"
       header is added to the part.

       Supported encoding schemes are:
       "binary": the data is left unchanged, the header is added.
       "8bit": header added, no data change.
       "7bit": the data is unchanged, but is each byte is checked to be a
       7-bit value; if not, a read error occurs.
       "base64": Data is converted to base64 encoding, then split in CRLF-
       terminated lines of at most 76 characters.
       "quoted-printable": data is encoded in quoted printable lines of at
       most 76 characters. Since the resulting size of the final data cannot
       be determined prior to reading the original data, it is left as
       unknown, causing chunked transfer in HTTP. For the same reason, this
       encoder may not be used with IMAP. This encoder targets text data that
       is mostly ASCII and should not be used with other types of data.

       If the original data is already encoded in such a scheme, a custom
       Content-Transfer-Encoding header should be added with
       curl_mime_headers() instead of setting a part encoder.

       Encoding should not be applied to multiparts, thus the use of this
       function on a part with content set with curl_mime_subparts() is
       strongly discouraged.

AVAILABILITY
       As long as at least one of HTTP, SMTP or IMAP is enabled. Added in
       7.56.0.

RETURN VALUE
       CURLE_OK or a CURL error code upon failure.

EXAMPLE
        curl_mime *mime;
        curl_mimepart *part;

        /* create a mime handle */
        mime = curl_mime_init(easy);

        /* add a part */
        part = curl_mime_addpart(mime);

        /* send a file */
        curl_mime_filedata(part, "image.png");

        /* encode file data in base64 for transfer */
        curl_mime_encoder(part, "base64");

SEE ALSO
       curl_mime_addpart(3), curl_mime_headers(3), curl_mime_subparts(3)

libcurl 7.77.0                 November 4, 2020           curl_mime_encoder(3)