CURLOPT_ALTSVC

Section: curl_easy_setopt options (3)
Updated: November 04, 2020
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NAME

CURLOPT_ALTSVC - set alt-svc cache file name

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ALTSVC, char *filename);

DESCRIPTION

Pass in a pointer to a filename to instruct libcurl to use that file as the Alt-Svc cache to read existing cache contents from and possibly also write it back to a after a transfer, unless CURLALTSVC_READONLYFILE is set in CURLOPT_ALTSVC_CTRL(3).

Specify a blank file name ("") to make libcurl not load from a file at all.

DEFAULT

NULL. The alt-svc cache is not read nor written to file.

PROTOCOLS

HTTPS

EXAMPLE

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ALTSVC_CTRL, CURLALTSVC_H1);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ALTSVC, "altsvc-cache.txt");
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.64.1

RETURN VALUE

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