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CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)                 libcurl                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- terminated 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

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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), CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3) ibcurl 8.1.2 April 26, 2023 CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)

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