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| CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE(3) | Library Functions Manual | CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE(3) | 
NAME¶
CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE - proxy protocol type
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, long type);
DESCRIPTION¶
Pass one of the values below to set the type of the proxy.
- CURLPROXY_HTTP
 - HTTP Proxy. Default.
 - CURLPROXY_HTTPS
 - HTTPS Proxy using HTTP/1. (Added in 7.52.0 for OpenSSL and GnuTLS. Since 7.87.0, it also works for mbedTLS, Rustls, Schannel and wolfSSL.)
 - CURLPROXY_HTTPS2
 - HTTPS Proxy and attempt to speak HTTP/2 over it. (Added in 8.1.0)
 - CURLPROXY_HTTP_1_0
 - HTTP 1.0 Proxy. This is similar to CURLPROXY_HTTP except it uses HTTP/1.0 for any CONNECT tunneling. It does not change the HTTP version of the actual HTTP requests, controlled by CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION(3).
 - CURLPROXY_SOCKS4
 - SOCKS4 Proxy.
 - CURLPROXY_SOCKS4A
 - SOCKS4a Proxy. Proxy resolves URL hostname.
 - CURLPROXY_SOCKS5
 - SOCKS5 Proxy.
 - CURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME
 - SOCKS5 Proxy. Proxy resolves URL hostname.
 
Often it is more convenient to specify the proxy type with the scheme part of the CURLOPT_PROXY(3) string.
DEFAULT¶
CURLPROXY_HTTP
PROTOCOLS¶
This functionality affects all supported protocols
EXAMPLE¶
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode ret;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "local.example.com:1080");
    /* set the proxy type */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5);
    ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}
HISTORY¶
CURLPROXY_* enums became long types in 8.16.0, prior to this version a long cast was necessary when passed to curl_easy_setopt(3).
AVAILABILITY¶
Added in curl 7.10
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¶
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