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¶

This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE¶

int main(void)
{


  printf("libcurl version %s\n", curl_version());
}

AVAILABILITY¶

Added in curl 7.1

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.

SEE ALSO¶

curl_version_info(3)