CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL

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

CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL - disallow specifying username in the url

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL, long disallow);

DESCRIPTION

A long parameter set to 1 tells the library to not allow URLs that include a username.

DEFAULT

0 (disabled) - user names are allowed by default.

PROTOCOLS

Several

EXAMPLE

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {

  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL, 1L);

  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in libcurl 7.61.0

RETURN VALUE

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

curl_easy_perform() will return CURLE_LOGIN_DENIED if this option is enabled and a URL containing a username is specified.