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CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) | Library Functions Manual | CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) |
NAME¶
CURLOPT_PASSWORD - password to use in authentication
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, char *pwd);
DESCRIPTION¶
Pass a char pointer as parameter, which should be pointing to the null-terminated password to use for the transfer.
The CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) option should be used in conjunction with the CURLOPT_USERNAME(3) option.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.
DEFAULT¶
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PROTOCOLS¶
All
EXAMPLE¶
int main(void) {
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "qwerty");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
} }
AVAILABILITY¶
Added in 7.19.1
RETURN VALUE¶
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
SEE ALSO¶
CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3), CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3), CURLOPT_USERPWD(3)
2024-05-14 | libcurl |