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.TH CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE 3 "January 02, 2023" "libcurl 7.88.1" "curl_easy_setopt options"

.SH NAME
CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE \- proxy protocol type
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, long type);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass one of the values below to set the type of the proxy.

.RS
.IP CURLPROXY_HTTP
HTTP Proxy. Default.
.IP CURLPROXY_HTTPS
HTTPS Proxy. (Added in 7.52.0 for OpenSSL, GnuTLS and NSS)
.IP CURLPROXY_HTTP_1_0
HTTP 1.0 Proxy. This is similar to CURLPROXY_HTTP except it uses HTTP/1.0 for
any CONNECT tunneling. It does not change the HTTP version of the actual HTTP
requests, controlled by \fICURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION(3)\fP.
.IP CURLPROXY_SOCKS4
SOCKS4 Proxy.
.IP CURLPROXY_SOCKS4A
SOCKS4a Proxy. Proxy resolves URL hostname.
.IP CURLPROXY_SOCKS5
SOCKS5 Proxy.
.IP CURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME
SOCKS5 Proxy. Proxy resolves URL hostname.
.RE

Often it is more convenient to specify the proxy type with the scheme part of
the \fICURLOPT_PROXY(3)\fP string.
.SH DEFAULT
CURLPROXY_HTTP
.SH PROTOCOLS
Most
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  CURLcode ret;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "local.example.com:1080");
  /* set the proxy type */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5);
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Always
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_PROXY "(3), " CURLOPT_PROXYPORT "(3), "