NAME¶

CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER - automatically update the referer header

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, long autorefer);

DESCRIPTION¶

Pass a long parameter set to 1 to enable this. When enabled, libcurl will automatically set the Referer: header field in HTTP requests to the full URL where it follows a Location: redirect.

The automatic referer is set to the full previous URL even when redirects are done cross-origin or following redirects to insecure protocols. This is considered a minor privacy leak by some.

DEFAULT¶

0, disabled

PROTOCOLS¶

HTTP

EXAMPLE¶

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


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");


  /* follow redirects */


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);


  /* set Referer: automatically when following redirects */


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, 1L);


  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);


  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY¶

Along with HTTP

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO¶

CURLOPT_REFERER(3), CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3),