CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME - Man Page
user name to use for proxy authentication
Synopsis
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME, char *username);
Description
Pass a char * as parameter, which should be pointing to the null-terminated user name to use for the transfer.
CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3) sets the user name to be used in protocol authentication with the proxy.
To specify the proxy password use the CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3).
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.
Default
blank
Protocols
Most
Example
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "http://localhost:8080"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME, "mrsmith"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD, "qwerty"); ret = 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_PROXYPASSWORD(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3), CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3), CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3)
Referenced By
curl_easy_setopt(3), CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3).
April 26, 2023 ibcurl 8.1.2 libcurl