NAME¶

CURLOPT_PRIVATE - store a private pointer

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, void *pointer);

DESCRIPTION¶

Pass a void * as parameter, pointing to data that should be associated with this curl handle. The pointer can subsequently be retrieved using curl_easy_getinfo(3) with the CURLINFO_PRIVATE(3) option. libcurl itself never does anything with this data.

DEFAULT¶

NULL

PROTOCOLS¶

All

EXAMPLE¶

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
struct private secrets;
if(curl) {


  struct private *extracted;


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


  /* store a pointer to our private struct */


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, &secrets);


  curl_easy_perform(curl);


  /* we can extract the private pointer again too */


  curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, &extracted);
}

AVAILABILITY¶

Added in 7.10.3

RETURN VALUE¶

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

SEE ALSO¶

CURLOPT_VERBOSE(3), CURLOPT_STDERR(3),