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+.TH FORM_ALLOC 3 2025-10-09 0.5.0 "libweb Library Reference"
+
+.SH NAME
+form_alloc \- parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded data
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.LP
+.nf
+#include <libweb/form.h>
+.P
+int form_alloc(const char *\fIdata\fP, struct form **\fIf\fP);
+.fi
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.IR form_alloc (3)
+function parses a
+.I application/x-www-form-urlencoded
+human-readable string from
+.I data
+and, if successful, allocates a
+.I struct form
+instance into
+.IR f ,
+which can then be used by other functions from this library.
+
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+On success, zero is returned and
+.I f
+is initialized to a valid pointer.
+If
+.I data
+contains invalid data,
+a positive integer is returned and
+.I f
+is not modified.
+On fatal errors (e.g.: a failed memory allocation),
+a negative integer is returned and
+.I f
+is not modified.
+
+.SH EXAMPLE
+See
+.IR libweb_form (7)
+for a complete example on how to use this library.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR form_value (3),
+.BR form_foreach (3),
+.BR form_free (3),
+.BR libweb_form (7).
+
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright (C) 2023-2025 libweb contributors
+.P
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.