CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME - user name to use for proxy authentication
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME,
char *username);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a char * as parameter, which should be pointing to the null-termi-
nated user name to use for the transfer.
CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3) sets the user name to be used in protocol au-
thentication with the proxy.
To specify the proxy password use the CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3).
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_PROXY, "http://localhost:8080");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME, "mrsmith");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD, "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_PROXYPASSWORD(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3), CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3),
CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3)
libcurl 7.81.0 November 04, 2020 CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3)
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