NAME¶

CURLOPT_REFERER - set the HTTP referer header

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REFERER, char *where);

DESCRIPTION¶

Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be used to set the Referer: header in the http request sent to the remote server. This can be used to fool servers or scripts. You can also set any custom header with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3).

DEFAULT¶

NULL

PROTOCOLS¶

HTTP

EXAMPLE¶

TODO

AVAILABILITY¶

If built with HTTP support

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP support is enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO¶

CURLOPT_USERAGENT(3), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3),