CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)

CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3curl_easy_setopt optionCURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)

NAME

     CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET - specify an alternative  target  for
     this request

SYNOPSIS

     #include <curl/curl.h>

     CURLcode           curl_easy_setopt(CURL            *handle,
     CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, string);

DESCRIPTION

     Pass a char * to string which libcurl uses in  the  upcoming
     request instead of the path as extracted from the URL.

DEFAULT

     NULL

PROTOCOLS

     HTTP

EXAMPLE

     curl = curl_easy_init();
     if(curl) {
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://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);
     }

AVAILABILITY

     Added in 7.55.0

RETURN VALUE

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

SEE ALSO

     CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3), CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3),

libcurl 7.58.0     Last change: June 21, 2017                   1