CURLOPT_REFERER(3)

CURLOPT_REFERER(3)  curl_easy_setopt options   CURLOPT_REFERER(3)

NAME

     CURLOPT_REFERER - set the HTTP referer header

SYNOPSIS

     #include <curl/curl.h>

     CURLcode  curl_easy_setopt(CURL  *handle,   CURLOPT_REFERER,
     char *where);

DESCRIPTION

     Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter.  It
     will  be used to set the Referer: header in the http request
     sent to the remote server. This can be used to fool  servers
     or  scripts.  You  can  also  set  any  custom  header  with
     CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3).

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

DEFAULT

     NULL

PROTOCOLS

     HTTP

EXAMPLE

     CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
     if(curl) {
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");

       /* tell it where we found the link to this place */
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, "http://example.com/aboutme.html");

       curl_easy_perform(curl);
     }

AVAILABILITY

     If built with HTTP support

RETURN VALUE

     Returns   CURLE_OK   if    HTTP    support    is    enabled,
     CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there
     was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO

     CURLOPT_USERAGENT(3), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3),

libcurl 7.58.0   Last change: December 21, 2016                 1