CURLOPT_WS_OPTIONS(3)

CURLOPT_WS_OPTIONS3

Websocket behavior options

Usage

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_WS_OPTIONS, long bitmask);

Overview

Pass a long with a bitmask to tell libcurl about specific WebSocket behaviors.

To detach a WebSocket connection and use the curl_ws_send(3) and curl_ws_recv(3) functions after the HTTP upgrade procedure, set the CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY(3) option to 2L.

Available bits in the bitmask

CURLWS_RAW_MODE (1)

Deliver "raw" WebSocket traffic to the CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3) callback.

In raw mode, libcurl does not handle pings or any other frame for the application.

Default

0

Protocols

WebSocket

Examples

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ws://example.com/");
    /* tell curl we deal with all the WebSocket magic ourselves */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WS_OPTIONS, (long)CURLWS_RAW_MODE);
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}

Return value

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

Releases

18 releases since macOS 14.2; the text changed 1 time.

  1. 14.2–14.4
  2. 14.5–26.5

Availability

Added in 7.86.0

From curl 166.0.0.0.1 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.