name : pycurl_global_init.rst global_init(option) -> None Initialize curl environment. *option* is one of the constants pycurl.GLOBAL_SSL, pycurl.GLOBAL_WIN32, pycurl.GLOBAL_ALL, pycurl.GLOBAL_NOTHING, pycurl.GLOBAL_DEFAULT. Corresponds to `curl_global_init`_ in libcurl. .. _curl_global_init: https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_global_init.html