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CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER(3) | curl_easy_setopt options | CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER(3) |
NAME¶
CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER - automatically update the referer header
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, long autorefer);
DESCRIPTION¶
Pass a parameter set to 1 to enable this. When enabled, libcurl will automatically set the Referer: header field in HTTP requests to the full URL where it follows a Location: redirect.
DEFAULT¶
0, disabled
PROTOCOLS¶
HTTP
EXAMPLE¶
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
/* follow redirects */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
/* set Referer: automatically when following redirects */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, 1L);
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl); }
AVAILABILITY¶
Along with HTTP
RETURN VALUE¶
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
SEE ALSO¶
March 30, 2021 | libcurl 7.76.1 |