NAME¶
CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH - set HTTP server authentication methods to try
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, long bitmask);
DESCRIPTION¶
Pass a long as parameter, which is set to a bitmask, to tell libcurl which
authentication method(s) you want it to use speaking to the remote server.
The available bits are listed below. If more than one bit is set, libcurl will
first query the site to see which authentication methods it supports and then
pick the best one you allow it to use. For some methods, this will induce an
extra network round-trip. Set the actual name and password with the
CURLOPT_USERPWD(3) option or with the
CURLOPT_USERNAME(3) and
the
CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) options.
For authentication with a proxy, see
CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3).
- CURLAUTH_BASIC
- HTTP Basic authentication. This is the default choice, and the only method
that is in wide-spread use and supported virtually everywhere. This sends
the user name and password over the network in plain text, easily captured
by others.
- CURLAUTH_DIGEST
- HTTP Digest authentication. Digest authentication is defined in RFC2617
and is a more secure way to do authentication over public networks than
the regular old-fashioned Basic method.
- CURLAUTH_DIGEST_IE
- HTTP Digest authentication with an IE flavor. Digest authentication is
defined in RFC2617 and is a more secure way to do authentication over
public networks than the regular old-fashioned Basic method. The IE flavor
is simply that libcurl will use a special "quirk" that IE is
known to have used before version 7 and that some servers require the
client to use.
- CURLAUTH_NEGOTIATE
- HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication. Negotiate authentication is
defined in RFC 4559 and is the most secure way to perform authentication
over HTTP.
You need to build libcurl with a suitable GSS-API library or SSPI on Windows
for this to work.
- CURLAUTH_NTLM
- HTTP NTLM authentication. A proprietary protocol invented and used by
Microsoft. It uses a challenge-response and hash concept similar to
Digest, to prevent the password from being eavesdropped.
You need to build libcurl with either OpenSSL, GnuTLS or NSS support for
this option to work, or build libcurl on Windows with SSPI support.
- CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB
- NTLM delegating to winbind helper. Authentication is performed by a
separate binary application that is executed when needed. The name of the
application is specified at compile time but is typically
/usr/bin/ntlm_auth
Note that libcurl will fork when necessary to run the winbind application
and kill it when complete, calling waitpid() to await its exit when done.
On POSIX operating systems, killing the process will cause a SIGCHLD
signal to be raised (regardless of whether CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL(3) is
set), which must be handled intelligently by the application. In
particular, the application must not unconditionally call wait() in its
SIGCHLD signal handler to avoid being subject to a race condition. This
behavior is subject to change in future versions of libcurl.
- CURLAUTH_ANY
- This is a convenience macro that sets all bits and thus makes libcurl pick
any it finds suitable. libcurl will automatically select the one it finds
most secure.
- CURLAUTH_ANYSAFE
- This is a convenience macro that sets all bits except Basic and thus makes
libcurl pick any it finds suitable. libcurl will automatically select the
one it finds most secure.
- CURLAUTH_ONLY
- This is a meta symbol. OR this value together with a single specific auth
value to force libcurl to probe for un-restricted auth and if not, only
that single auth algorithm is acceptable.
DEFAULT¶
CURLAUTH_BASIC
PROTOCOLS¶
HTTP
EXAMPLE¶
TODO
AVAILABILITY¶
Option Added in 7.10.6.
CURLAUTH_DIGEST_IE was added added in 7.19.3
CURLAUTH_ONLY was added in 7.21.3
CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB was added in 7.22.0
RETURN VALUE¶
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN if the bitmask specified no supported authentication
methods.
SEE ALSO¶
CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3),
CURLOPT_USERPWD(3),