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CURLOPT_RESOLVE(3)         Library Functions Manual         CURLOPT_RESOLVE(3)


NAME

       CURLOPT_RESOLVE - provide custom hostname to IP address resolves


SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RESOLVE,
                                 struct curl_slist *hosts);


DESCRIPTION

       Pass a pointer to a linked list of strings with hostname resolve
       information to use for requests with this handle. The linked list
       should be a fully valid list of struct curl_slist structs properly
       filled in. Use curl_slist_append(3) to create the list and
       curl_slist_free_all(3) to clean up an entire list.

       Each resolve rule to add should be written using the format

        [+]HOST:PORT:ADDRESS[,ADDRESS]

       HOST is the name libcurl wants to resolve, PORT is the port number of
       the service where libcurl wants to connect to the HOST and ADDRESS is
       one or more numerical IP addresses. If you specify multiple IP
       addresses they need to be separated by comma. If libcurl is built to
       support IPv6, each of the ADDRESS entries can of course be either IPv4
       or IPv6 style addressing.

       Specify the host as a single ampersand (*) to match all names. This
       wildcard is resolved last so any resolve with a specific host and port
       number is given priority.

       This option effectively populates the DNS cache with entries for the
       host+port pair so redirects and everything that operations against the
       HOST+PORT instead use your provided ADDRESS.

       The optional leading plus (+) specifies that the new entry should
       timeout.  Entries added without the leading plus character never times
       out whereas entries added with +HOST:... times out just like ordinary
       DNS cache entries.

       If the DNS cache already has an entry for the given host+port pair, the
       new entry overrides the former one.

       An ADDRESS provided by this option is only used if not restricted by
       the setting of CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE(3) to a different IP version.

       To remove names from the DNS cache again, to stop providing these fake
       resolves, include a string in the linked list that uses the format

         -HOST:PORT

       The entry to remove must be prefixed with a dash, and the hostname and
       port number must exactly match what was added previously.


DEFAULT

       NULL


PROTOCOLS

       This functionality affects all supported protocols


EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl;
         struct curl_slist *host = NULL;
         host = curl_slist_append(NULL, "example.com:443:127.0.0.1");

         curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RESOLVE, host);
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

           curl_easy_perform(curl);

           /* always cleanup */
           curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }

         curl_slist_free_all(host);
       }


HISTORY

       Added in 7.21.3. Removal support added in 7.42.0.

       Support for providing the ADDRESS within [brackets] was added in
       7.57.0.

       Support for providing multiple IP addresses per entry was added in
       7.59.0.

       Support for adding non-permanent entries by using the "+" prefix was
       added in 7.75.0.


AVAILABILITY

       Added in curl 7.21.3


RETURN VALUE

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


SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO(3), CURLOPT_DNS_CACHE_TIMEOUT(3),
       CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE(3)

libcurl                           2024-08-05                CURLOPT_RESOLVE(3)

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