NAME¶

CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH - methods for SOCKS5 proxy authentication

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH, long bitmask);

DESCRIPTION¶

Pass a long as parameter, which is set to a bitmask, to tell libcurl which authentication method(s) are allowed for SOCKS5 proxy authentication. The only supported flags are CURLAUTH_BASIC, which allows username/password authentication, CURLAUTH_GSSAPI, which allows GSS-API authentication, and CURLAUTH_NONE, which allows no authentication. Set the actual username and password with the CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD(3) option.

DEFAULT¶

CURLAUTH_BASIC|CURLAUTH_GSSAPI

PROTOCOLS¶

This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE¶

int main(void)
{


  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();


  if(curl) {


    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");


    /* request to use a SOCKS5 proxy */


    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "socks5://user:pass@myproxy.com");


    /* enable username/password authentication only */


    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH, (long)CURLAUTH_BASIC);


    /* Perform the request */


    curl_easy_perform(curl);


  }
}

AVAILABILITY¶

Added in curl 7.55.0

RETURN VALUE¶

curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).

SEE ALSO¶

CURLOPT_PROXY(3), CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE(3)