CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)

CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) curl_easy_setopt options  CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)

NAME

     CURLOPT_PASSWORD - password to use in authentication

SYNOPSIS

     #include <curl/curl.h>

     CURLcode  curl_easy_setopt(CURL  *handle,  CURLOPT_PASSWORD,
     char *pwd);

DESCRIPTION

     Pass a char * as parameter, which should be pointing to  the
     zero terminated password to use for the transfer.

     The CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) option should be used in conjunction
     with the CURLOPT_USERNAME(3) option.

     The application does not have  to  keep  the  string  around
     after setting this option.

DEFAULT

     blank

PROTOCOLS

     Most

EXAMPLE

     CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
     if(curl) {
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/foo.bin");

       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "qwerty");

       ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);

       curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
     }

AVAILABILITY

     Added in 7.19.1

RETURN VALUE

     Returns   CURLE_OK   if    the    option    is    supported,
     CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there
     was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO

     CURLOPT_USERPWD(3),                     CURLOPT_USERNAME(3),
     CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3), CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3)

libcurl 7.58.0      Last change: May 05, 2017                   1