CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3) Introduction to Library Functions

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 pointer 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.

Using this option multiple times makes the last set string override
the previous ones. Set it to NULL to disable its use again.

DEFAULT

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PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode result;
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");
result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.19.1

RETURN VALUE

curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error
occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).

SEE ALSO

CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3), CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3), CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3),
CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3)

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