static size_t
write_data_in_mem (void *buffer, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp)
{
    size_t           realsize = size * nmemb;
    struct memStruct *in_mem = (struct memStruct *) userp;

    in_mem->buff = realloc(in_mem->buff, in_mem->buff_size + realsize + 1);
    if (in_mem->buff == NULL) {
	syslog(LOG_ERR, "failed to allocate %d bytes for buffer",
	       realsize+1);
	return 0;
    }

    bzero(&(in_mem->buff[in_mem->buff_size - 1]), realsize+1);
    memcpy(&(in_mem->buff[in_mem->buff_size - 1]), buffer, realsize);
    in_mem->buff_size += realsize;
    in_mem->buff[in_mem->buff_size] = 0;

    return realsize;
}

static CURL*
setup_curl_options (char *login_passwd, void *write_func,
			 void *hdrdata, void *write_data,
			 char *server_url)
{
    CURL   *curl_handle = NULL;
    object_t     *obj = get_object();
    long port = obj->curr_port;
    unsigned char *cert = obj->curr_cert;
    boolean is_https = FALSE;
    char *real_url = NULL;

    curl_handle = curl_easy_init();
    if (!curl_handle) {
	PRINT("failed to initialize curl obj");
	return NULL;
    }

    
    curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
   
    curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10L);

  
    if (strstr(server_url, "https://") != NULL) {
	is_https = TRUE;
	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_CAINFO, obj->ca_cert_file);
    }

    if (is_https ==TRUE) {
	/* SSL options */
	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER , 1);
	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST , 2);
    }

    /* providing login/passwd */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_USERPWD, login_passwd);
    /* send the output to particular function */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_func);
   /* pass structure to write function */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, (void *)hdrdata);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *)write_data);

  
    if (NULL != (real_url = get_complete_url_str(server_url, is_https))) {
	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, real_url);
	free(real_url);
    } else {
	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, server_url);
    }

    PRINT("Current Port:%ld", port);
    if (port) {
	curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_PORT, port);
    }

    return curl_handle;
}

int contact_server (const char* name, char *login_passwd, char * server_url )
 {
   
    CURL              *curl_handle = NULL;
    CURLcode          res = CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT;
    struct memStruct  header = {NULL, 0};
    struct memStruct  body = {NULL, 0};
    long              resp_code = 0;
   int                 retval = -1;
   

   
    /* init buffer to save server response */
    header.buff = calloc(1, 1);
    header.buff_size = 1;
    body.buff = calloc(1, 1);
    body.buff_size = 1;

    
    curl_handle = setup_curl_options(login_passwd, write_data_in_mem,
					  (void*)&header, (void*)&body,
					  server_url);
    if (!curl_handle) {
	
	PRINT("failed to initialize curl obj");
        free(header.buff);
        free(body.buff);
	return retval;
    }

    res = curl_easy_perform(curl_handle);

    /* Check for errors */
    if (res != CURLE_OK) {
	PRINT("curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
                         curl_easy_strerror(res));
        retval = -1;
        
    }
    } else {
       curl_easy_getinfo(curl_handle, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &resp_code);
       retval = 0 ;
    }  
      free(header.buff);
      free(body.buff);
      if (curl_handle) {	/* cleanup */
	curl_easy_cleanup(curl_handle);
      }
      return retval;
}



thread_main(void) 
{ 
  int retval = -1;

  while(1) 
  { 
    retval = contact_server("server1", "pwd", "https://abcd.net")
    if(retval == -1)
    {
        sleep(10);
    }
    else {
         break;
    }
  }
}