CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET3
Alternative target for this request
Usage
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, string);
Overview
Pass a char pointer to string which libcurl uses in the upcoming request instead of the path as extracted from the URL.
libcurl passes on the verbatim string in its request without any filter or other safe guards. That includes white space and control characters.
Default
NULL
Protocols
HTTP
Examples
int main(void)
{
CURL *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);
}
}
Return value
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
Releases
32 releases since macOS 12.0.1; the text changed 9 times.