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CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)           libcurl          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 * to string which libcurl uses in the upcoming request
       instead of the path as extracted from the URL.

DEFAULT
       NULL

PROTOCOLS
       HTTP

EXAMPLE
       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 7.55.0

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
       if not.

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3), CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3),

ibcurl 8.1.2                    April 26, 2023       CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)