CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR(3)

1CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR(3)       curl_easy_setopt options       CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR(3)
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NAME

6       CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR - file name to store cookies to
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <curl/curl.h>
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11       CURLcode  curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, char *file‐
12       name);
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DESCRIPTION

15       Pass a filename as char *, zero  terminated.  This  will  make  libcurl
16       write   all  internally  known  cookies  to  the  specified  file  when
17       curl_easy_cleanup(3) is called. If no cookies are known, no  file  will
18       be created. Specify "-" as filename to instead have the cookies written
19       to stdout. Using this option also enables cookies for this session,  so
20       if  you for example follow a location it will make matching cookies get
21       sent accordingly.
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23       Note that libcurl doesn't read any cookies from the cookie jar. If  you
24       want to read cookies from a file, use CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE(3).
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26       If  the  cookie  jar  file  can't  be  created  or written to (when the
27       curl_easy_cleanup(3) is called), libcurl will not and cannot report  an
28       error  for  this.  Using CURLOPT_VERBOSE(3) or CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3)
29       will get a warning to display, but that is the  only  visible  feedback
30       you get about this possibly lethal situation.
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32       Since  7.43.0 cookies that were imported in the Set-Cookie format with‐
33       out a domain name are not exported by this option.
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35       The application does not have to keep the string around  after  setting
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DEFAULT

39       NULL
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PROTOCOLS

42       HTTP
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EXAMPLE

45       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
46       if(curl) {
47         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/foo.bin");
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49         /* export cookies to this file when closing the handle */
50         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "/tmp/cookies.txt");
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52         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
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54         /* close the handle, write the cookies! */
55         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
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AVAILABILITY

59       Along with HTTP
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RETURN VALUE

62       Returns  CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
63       CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
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