NAME¶

CURLINFO_REFERER - get the referrer header

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_REFERER, char **hdrp);

DESCRIPTION¶

Pass in a pointer to a char pointer and get the referrer header.

The hdrp pointer will be NULL or pointing to private memory you MUST NOT free - it gets freed when you call curl_easy_cleanup(3) on the corresponding CURL handle.

PROTOCOLS¶

HTTP(S)

EXAMPLE¶

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {


  CURLcode res;


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, "https://example.org/referrer");


  res = curl_easy_perform(curl);


  if(res == CURLE_OK) {


    char *hdr = NULL;


    curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REFERER, &hdr);


    if(hdr)


      printf("Referrer header: %s\n", hdr);


  }


  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY¶

Added in 7.76.0

RETURN VALUE¶

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

SEE ALSO¶

curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3), CURLOPT_REFERER(3),