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CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH(3)     curl_easy_setopt options     CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH - methods for SOCKS5 proxy authentication

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH, long bitmask);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass  a  long  as parameter, which is set to a bitmask, to tell libcurl
       which authentication method(s) are allowed for SOCKS5 proxy authentica-
       tion.   The only supported flags are CURLAUTH_BASIC, which allows user-
       name/password authentication, CURLAUTH_GSSAPI, which allows GSS-API au-
       thentication,  and  CURLAUTH_NONE, which allows no authentication.  Set
       the actual user name and password with the CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD(3)  op-
       tion.

DEFAULT
       CURLAUTH_BASIC|CURLAUTH_GSSAPI

PROTOCOLS
       All

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

         /* request to use a SOCKS5 proxy */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "socks5://user:pass@myproxy.com");

         /* enable username/password authentication only */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);

         /* Perform the request */
         curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.55.0

RETURN VALUE
       Returns  CURLE_OK  if  the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if
       not, or CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN if the bitmask contains unsupported flags.

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_PROXY(3), CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE(3)

libcurl 7.81.0                 November 26, 2021        CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH(3)

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