CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER - Man Page
automatically update the referer header
Synopsis
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, long autorefer);
Description
Pass a parameter set to 1 to enable this. When enabled, libcurl will automatically set the Referer: header field in HTTP requests to the full URL where it follows a Location: redirect.
Default
0, disabled
Protocols
HTTP
Example
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin"); /* follow redirects */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L); /* set Referer: automatically when following redirects */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, 1L); ret = curl_easy_perform(curl); curl_easy_cleanup(curl); }
Availability
Along with HTTP
Return Value
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
See Also
Referenced By
November 26, 2021 libcurl 7.81.0 curl_easy_setopt options