CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_USED - Man Page
get used HTTP authentication method
Synopsis
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_USED, long *authp);
Description
Pass a pointer to a long to receive a bitmask indicating the authentication method that was used in the previous HTTP request. The meaning of the possible bits is explained in the CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3) option for curl_easy_setopt(3).
The returned value has zero or one bit set.
Protocols
This functionality affects http only
Example
int main(void) { CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { CURLcode res; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC | CURLAUTH_DIGEST); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERNAME, "shrek"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "swamp"); res = curl_easy_perform(curl); if(!res) { long auth; res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_USED, &auth); if(!res) { if(!auth) printf("No auth used\n"); else { if(auth == CURLAUTH_DIGEST) printf("Used Digest authentication\n"); else printf("Used Basic authentication\n"); } } } curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } }
Availability
Added in curl 8.12.0
Return Value
curl_easy_getinfo(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
CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL(3), CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_USED(3), CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3)
Referenced By
curl_easy_getinfo(3), CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_USED(3).
2025-02-05 libcurl