CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)

1CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)  curl_easy_setopt options  CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)
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NAME

6       CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET - specify an alternative target for this request
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <curl/curl.h>
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11       CURLcode    curl_easy_setopt(CURL    *handle,   CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET,
12       string);
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DESCRIPTION

15       Pass a char * to string which libcurl uses in the upcoming request  in‐
16       stead of the path as extracted from the URL.
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DEFAULT

19       NULL
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PROTOCOLS

22       HTTP
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EXAMPLE

25       curl = curl_easy_init();
26       if(curl) {
27         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/*");
28         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "OPTIONS");
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30         /* issue an OPTIONS * request (no leading slash) */
31         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, "*");
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33         /* Perform the request */
34         curl_easy_perform(curl);
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AVAILABILITY

38       Added in 7.55.0
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RETURN VALUE

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