NAME¶

CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET - specify an alternative target for this request

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, string);

DESCRIPTION¶

Pass a char * to string which libcurl uses in the upcoming request instead of the path as extracted from the URL.

DEFAULT¶

NULL

PROTOCOLS¶

HTTP

EXAMPLE¶

curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {


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


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "OPTIONS");


  /* issue an OPTIONS * request (no leading slash) */


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, "*");


  /* Perform the request */


  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY¶

Added in 7.55.0

RETURN VALUE¶

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

SEE ALSO¶

CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3), CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3),