CURLOPT_SOCKOPTDATA - Man Page
pointer to pass to sockopt callback
Synopsis
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SOCKOPTDATA, void *pointer);
Description
Pass a pointer that is untouched by libcurl and passed as the first argument in the sockopt callback set with CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION(3).
Default
NULL
Protocols
This functionality affects all supported protocols
Example
static int sockopt_callback(void *clientp, curl_socket_t curlfd,
curlsocktype purpose)
{
int val = *(int *)clientp;
setsockopt((int)curlfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF,
(const char *)&val, sizeof(val));
return CURL_SOCKOPT_OK;
}
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
int recvbuffersize = 256 * 1024;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
/* call this function to set options for the socket */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION, sockopt_callback);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SOCKOPTDATA, &recvbuffersize);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}Availability
Added in curl 7.16.0
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_SOCKOPTFUNCTION(3), libcurl-symbols(3).
2025-11-13 libcurl