CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) Library Functions Manual 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 pointer as parameter, which should be pointing to the
null-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
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PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all supported protocols
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "qwerty");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 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_HTTPAUTH(3), CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3),
CURLOPT_USERPWD(3)
libcurl 2024-08-05 CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)
curl 8.9.1 - Generated Mon Aug 12 18:49:24 CDT 2024