CURLOPT_REFERER3
The http referer header
Usage
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REFERER, char *where);
Overview
Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string as parameter. It is used to set the Referer: header field in the HTTP request sent to the remote server. You can set any custom header with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3).
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.
Default
NULL
Protocols
HTTP
Examples
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* tell it where we found the link to this place */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, "https://example.org/me.html");
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
Return value
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP support is enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
Releases
79 releases since OS X 10.10; the text changed 14 times.