Help with using cURL in ESP32 Project

[souler]

Hello, I'm working on an ESP32 project and having some trouble integrating cURL.
Initially, my project structure looked like this:

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Project
├── MyLibs/
│   ├── rol.h
│   ├── web.h
│   ├── APImain.h
├── second/
│   ├── Rol/
│   │   ├── roles.c
│   │   └── CMakeLists.txt
│   └── API/
│       ├── APImain.c
│       └── CMakeLists.txt
├── main/
│   ├── main.c
│   └── CMakeLists.txt
└── CMakeLists.txt

I had some problems getting my project to detect curl, so to make it work I added the curl folder to my project:

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Project
├── MyLibs/
│   ├── cURL/
│   │   ├── include/
│   │   │   ├── curl/
│   │   │   │   ├── curl.h
│   │   │   │   └── ...
│   │   │   ├── lib/
│   │   │   │   ├── libcurl.a
│   │   │   │   └── ...
│   │   │   └── ...
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── rol.h
│   ├── web.h
│   ├── APImain.h
├── second/
│   ├── Rol/
│   │   ├── roles.c
│   │   └── CMakeLists.txt
│   └── API/
│       ├── APImain.c
│       └── CMakeLists.txt
├── main/
│   ├── main.c
│   └── CMakeLists.txt
└── CMakeLists.txt

This change works fine for me but now I have the problem that it does not detect some curl functions:
undefined reference to 'curl_easy_init'
undefined reference to 'curl_easy_setopt'
These are some examples, in my APImain.c file I have this:

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  #include "cURL/include/curl/curl.h"

I tried adding things to the CMake files but despite several tests I still get the same error

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c:/users/luis_/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp32-elf/esp-12.2.0_20230208/xtensa-esp32-elf/bin/../lib/gcc/xtensa-esp32-elf/12.2.0/../../../../xtensa-esp32-elf/bin/ld.exe: esp-idf/main/libmain.a(APImain.c.obj):(.literal.POSTdata+0x3c): undefined reference to `curl_easy_init'

I was thinking if I should add the curl folder or files to the expressif tools.

[MicroController]

I tried adding things to the CMake files but despite several tests I still get the same error

That's the right approach. Make sure you define the include paths correctly and include cURL's sources in the build, or if you already have the lib precompiled for your ESP tell the linker that you want it linked in, see e.g https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp ... components

Alternatively, you can look into doing away with cURL and just use the ESP-IDF HTTP client.

[souler]

That's the right approach. Make sure you define the include paths correctly and include cURL's sources in the build, or if you already have the lib precompiled for your ESP tell the linker that you want it linked in, see e.g https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp ... components

Alternatively, you can look into doing away with cURL and just use the ESP-IDF HTTP client.

I downloaded curl from the website, specifically cURL 8.8.0 for Windows. My understanding is that the .a files indicate that it is a precompiled version since the lib/ folder contains libcurl.a and libcurl.dll.a.

What should I put in the cmake files? Should I add instructions to the root cmake file?

in cmake root

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cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)

include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)

project(ProyectoESP)
 

in cmake from APImain.c

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idf_component_register(SRCS "APImain.c"
                      INCLUDE_DIRS "." "../../MyLibs" 
                  REQUIRES  MyLibs )

and cmake from main.c

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idf_component_register(SRCS "main.c" "../second/Roles/roles.c"  "../second/API/APImain.c"
                            INCLUDE_DIRS       
                                    "../MyLibs"
                                    "../MyLibs/cURL"
                                   )     

When it starts to fail the first thing that appears is this:

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[2/4] Linking CXX executable ProyectoESP.elf
FAILED: ProyectoESP.elf

I have modified the cmake files several times to indicate the curl path but I always return them as I showed before because I get other problems and I am new to using cmake

[MicroController]

cURL 8.8.0 for Windows

is of no use for an ESP32.