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CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)





CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3curl_easy_setopt optionCURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)



NAME

     CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET - specify an alternative  target  for
     this request


SYNOPSIS

     #include <curl/curl.h>

     CURLcode           curl_easy_setopt(CURL            *handle,
     CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, string);


DESCRIPTION

     Pass a char * to string which libcurl uses in  the  upcoming
     request instead of the path as extracted from the URL.


DEFAULT

     NULL


PROTOCOLS

     HTTP


EXAMPLE

     curl = curl_easy_init();
     if(curl) {
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/*");
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "OPTIONS");

       /* issue an OPTIONS * request (no leading slash) */
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, "*");

       /* Perform the request */
       curl_easy_perform(curl);
     }


AVAILABILITY

     Added in 7.55.0


RETURN VALUE

     Returns  CURLE_OK  if   the   option   is   supported,   and
     CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.


SEE ALSO

     CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3), CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3),

libcurl 7.58.0     Last change: June 21, 2017                   1


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