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CURLOPT_HEADERDATA(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_HEADERDATA(3)

NAME

CURLOPT_HEADERDATA - pointer to pass to header callback

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to be used to write the header part of the received data to.

If CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3) or CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION(3) is used, pointer will be passed in to the respective callback.

If neither of those options are set, pointer must be a valid FILE * and it will be used by a plain fwrite() to write headers to.

DEFAULT

NULL

PROTOCOLS

All

EXAMPLE

struct my_info {

int shoesize;
char *secret; }; static size_t header_callback(char *buffer, size_t size,
size_t nitems, void *userdata) {
struct my_info *i = (struct my_info *)userdata;
/* now this callback can access the my_info struct */
return nitems * size; } CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) {
struct my_info my = { 10, "the cookies are in the cupboard" };
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, header_callback);
/* pass in custom data to the callback */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, &my);
curl_easy_perform(curl); }

AVAILABILITY

Always

RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO

CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3),

May 17, 2022 libcurl 7.85.0