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.TH curl_mime_free 3 "2024-11-18" libcurl
.SH NAME
curl_mime_free \- free a previously built mime structure
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

void curl_mime_free(curl_mime *mime);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIcurl_mime_free(3)\fP is used to clean up data previously built/appended
with \fIcurl_mime_addpart(3)\fP and other mime\-handling functions. This must
be called when the data has been used, which typically means after
\fIcurl_easy_perform(3)\fP has been called.

The handle to free is the one you passed to the \fICURLOPT_MIMEPOST(3)\fP
option: attached sub part mime structures must not be explicitly freed as they
are by the top structure freeing.

\fBmime\fP is the handle as returned from a previous call to
\fIcurl_mime_init(3)\fP and may be NULL.

Passing in a NULL pointer in \fImime\fP makes this function return immediately
with no action.
.SH PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects http, imap and smtp
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    /* Build the mime message. */
    curl_mime *mime = curl_mime_init(curl);

    /* send off the transfer */

    /* Free multipart message. */
    curl_mime_free(mime);
  }
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.56.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
None
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR curl_free (3),
.BR curl_mime_init (3)