CURLOPT_REFERER(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_REFERER(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_REFERER - the HTTP referer header
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REFERER, char *where);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string as parameter. It is used to
set the Referer: header field in the HTTP request sent to the remote
server. You can set any custom header with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3).
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting
this option.
DEFAULT
NULL
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects http only
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* tell it where we found the link to this place */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, "https://example.org/me.html");
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.1
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP support is enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if
not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
SEE ALSO
CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL(3), CURLINFO_REFERER(3), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3),
CURLOPT_USERAGENT(3)
libcurl 2024-08-05 CURLOPT_REFERER(3)
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