CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_PASSWORD - password to use in authentication
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, char *pwd);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a char * as parameter, which should be pointing to the null-termi-
nated password to use for the transfer.
The CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) option should be used in conjunction with the
CURLOPT_USERNAME(3) option.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting
this option.
DEFAULT
blank
PROTOCOLS
Most
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "qwerty");
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.19.1
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if
not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_USERPWD(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3), CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3), CUR-
LOPT_PROXYAUTH(3)
libcurl 7.81.0 November 26, 2021 CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)
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