CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET - alternative target for this request
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, string);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a char pointer to string which libcurl uses in the upcoming request
instead of the path as extracted from the URL.
libcurl passes on the verbatim string in its request without any filter
or other safe guards. That includes white space and control characters.
Using this option multiple times makes the last set string override the
previous ones. Set it to NULL to disable its use again.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting
this option.
DEFAULT
NULL
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects http only
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/*");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "OPTIONS");
/* issue an OPTIONS * request (no leading slash) */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, "*");
/* Perform the request */
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.55.0
RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.
CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred,
see libcurl-errors(3).
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3), CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3), CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS(3),
CURLOPT_URL(3)
libcurl 2026-07-12 CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)
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