curl_json_push.c

void curl_json_push(const char* url, const char* payload, const char* method, const char* username, const char* password) {
  pid_t pid;

  curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);

  pid = fork();

  if ( pid == 0 ) {
    CURL *curl;
    struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;

    if ( (curl = curl_easy_init()) ) {
      CURLcode res;

      headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Content-Type: application/json");
      headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "User-Agent: OASIS MUD");
      headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "X-Netuitive-Api-Options: INJECT_TIMESTAMP");

      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, method);
      curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, payload);

      if ( username != NULL ) {
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, username);
      }

      if ( password != NULL ) {
        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, password);
      }

      res = curl_easy_perform( curl );

      if(res != CURLE_OK) {
        sprintf(log_buf, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));
        bug(log_buf, 0);
      }

      curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
      curl_slist_free_all(headers);
    }

    _exit(0);
  } else if (pid > 0 ) {
    curl_global_cleanup();
  }

  return;
}