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CURLOPT_PRIVATE(3) | curl_easy_setopt options | CURLOPT_PRIVATE(3) |
NAME¶
CURLOPT_PRIVATE - store a private pointerSYNOPSIS¶
#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 option. libcurl itself never does anything with this data.DEFAULT¶
NULLPROTOCOLS¶
AllEXAMPLE¶
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 7.10.3RETURN VALUE¶
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.SEE ALSO¶
CURLOPT_VERBOSE(3), CURLOPT_STDERR(3),November 4, 2020 | libcurl 7.74.0 |