#include <curl/curl.h>

int main (void)
{
  CURL *hnd;

  printf("%s\n", curl_version());
  curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
  hnd = curl_easy_init();

  curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "http://whatever.com");
  curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10L);

  curl_easy_perform(hnd);

  curl_easy_cleanup(hnd);
  curl_global_cleanup();
  return 0;
}