CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET - Man Page
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, "https://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
Referenced By
curl_easy_setopt(3), CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3), CURLOPT_NOBODY(3).
April 26, 2023 ibcurl 8.3.0 libcurl