1CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER(3)     curl_easy_setopt options     CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER(3)
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NAME

6       CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER - automatically update the referer header
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <curl/curl.h>
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11       CURLcode  curl_easy_setopt(CURL  *handle, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, long au‐
12       torefer);
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DESCRIPTION

15       Pass a parameter set to 1 to enable this. When  enabled,  libcurl  will
16       automatically  set  the  Referer:  header field in HTTP requests to the
17       full URL where it follows a Location: redirect.
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DEFAULT

20       0, disabled
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PROTOCOLS

23       HTTP
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EXAMPLE

26       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
27       if(curl) {
28         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
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30         /* follow redirects */
31         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
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33         /* set Referer: automatically when following redirects */
34         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, 1L);
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36         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
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38         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
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AVAILABILITY

42       Along with HTTP
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RETURN VALUE

45       Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
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SEE ALSO

48       CURLOPT_REFERER(3), CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3),
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52libcurl 7.76.1                  March 30, 2021          CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER(3)
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