Added error checking for samples.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/examples/postit2.c b/docs/examples/postit2.c
index 63c248467..67dcc1330 100644
--- a/docs/examples/postit2.c
+++ b/docs/examples/postit2.c
@@ -83,7 +83,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
       /* only disable 100-continue header if explicitly requested */
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headerlist);
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPPOST, formpost);
+
+    /* Perform the request, res will get the return code */
     res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+    /* Check for errors */
+    if(res != CURLE_OK)
+      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
+              curl_easy_strerror(res));
 
     /* always cleanup */
     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);