curl_version(3)

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). For MultiSSL builds the string contains all SSL backend names and the inactive backend names are in parentheses. For example "(OpenSSL/3.0.8) Schannel" or "OpenSSL/3.0.8 (Schannel)". 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)