CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD
Section: curl_easy_setopt options (3)
Updated: November 04, 2020
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NAME
CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD - password to use with proxy authentication
SYNOPSIS
#include <
curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD, char *pwd);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a char * as parameter, which should be pointing to the null-terminated
password to use for authentication with the proxy.
The CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3) option should be used in conjunction with
the CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3) option.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.
DEFAULT
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PROTOCOLS
Most
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "http://localhost:8080");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME, "mrsmith");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD, "qwerty");
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.19.1
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_PASSWORD(3),
CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3),
CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3),
CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3)