CURLOPT_XOAUTH2_BEARER

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

CURLOPT_XOAUTH2_BEARER - specify OAuth 2.0 access token

SYNOPSIS

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_XOAUTH2_BEARER, char *token);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a char * as parameter, which should point to the null-terminated OAuth 2.0 Bearer Access Token for use with HTTP, IMAP, POP3 and SMTP servers that support the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework.

Note: For IMAP, POP3 and SMTP, the user name used to generate the Bearer Token should be supplied via the CURLOPT_USERNAME(3) option.

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

DEFAULT

NULL

PROTOCOLS

IMAP, POP3 and SMTP

EXAMPLE

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "pop3://example.com/");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_XOAUTH2_BEARER, "1ab9cb22ba269a7");
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.33.0

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.