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

6       CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET - 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, string);
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DESCRIPTION

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

18       NULL
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PROTOCOLS

21       HTTP
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EXAMPLE

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

37       Added in 7.55.0
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RETURN VALUE

40       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported,  and  CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
41       if not.
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SEE ALSO

44       CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3), CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3),
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48libcurl 7.82.0                 November 26, 2021     CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)
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