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+.TH curl_ws_meta 3 "12 Jun 2022" "libcurl 7.85.0" "libcurl Manual"
+.SH NAME
+curl_ws_meta - meta data websocket information
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+#include <curl/easy.h>
+
+struct curl_ws_metadata {
+ int age; /* zero */
+ int recvflags; /* See the CURLWS_* defines */
+};
+
+struct curl_ws_metadata *curl_ws_meta(CURL *curl);
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This function call is EXPERIMENTAL.
+
+When the write callback (\fICURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3)\fP) is invoked on
+received WebSocket traffic, \fIcurl_ws_meta(3)\fP can be called from within
+the callback to provide additional information about the data.
+
+This function only works from within the callback, and only when receiving
+Websocket data.
+
+This function requires an easy handle as input argument for libcurl to know
+what transfer the question is about, but as there is no such pointer provided
+to the callback by libcurl itself, applications that want to use
+\fIcurl_ws_meta(3)\fP need to pass it on to the callback on its own.
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.nf
+
+struct customdata {
+ CURL *easy;
+ void *ptr;
+};
+
+static size_t writecb(unsigned char *buffer,
+ size_t size, size_t nitems, void *p)
+{
+ struct customdata *c = (struct customdata *)p;
+ struct curl_ws_metadata *m = curl_ws_meta(c->easy);
+
+ /* m->recvflags tells us about the traffic */
+}
+
+{
+ struct customdata custom;
+ custom.easy = easy;
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, writecb);
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &custom);
+}
+.fi
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+Added in 7.86.0.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+This function returns a pointer to a metadata struct with information that is
+valid for this specific callback invocation. If it cannot return this
+information, or if the function is called in the wrong context, it returns
+NULL.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR curl_easy_setopt "(3), "
+.BR curl_easy_getinfo "(3), "
+.BR curl_ws_send "(3), " curl_ws_recv "(3), "