civetweb/docs/api/mg_send_chunk.md

Civetweb API Reference

mg_send_chunk( conn, buf, len );

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
conn	struct mg_connection *	A pointer to the connection to be used to send data
chunk	const void *	A pointer to the blob of information to be sent
chunk_len	size_t	The amount of bytes to be sent

Return Value

Type	Description
int	An integer indicating the amount of bytes sent, or failure

Description

The function mg_send_chunk() can be used to send a blob of arbitrary data over a connection. Only use this function after sending a complete HTTP request or response header with "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" set. Otherwise: use mg_write(). The function returns a number >0 if data was sent, the value 0 when the connection has been closed, and -1 in case of an error.

See Also

• mg_write();
• mg_printf();
• mg_lock_connection();
• mg_unlock_connection();