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CURLOPT_PROXY_SERVICE_NAME(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_PROXY_SERVICE_NAME(3)

NAME

CURLOPT_PROXY_SERVICE_NAME - proxy authentication service name

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXY_SERVICE_NAME, char *name);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a char * as parameter to a string holding the name of the service. The default service name is "HTTP" for HTTP based proxies and "rcmd" for SOCKS5. This option allows you to change it.

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.

DEFAULT

See above

PROTOCOLS

All network protocols

EXAMPLE

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  CURLcode ret;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY_SERVICE_NAME, "custom");
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.43.0 for HTTP proxies, 7.49.0 for SOCKS5 proxies.

RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO

CURLOPT_PROXY(3), CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE(3),
November 4, 2020 libcurl 7.74.0