CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL - Man Page
disallow specifying username in the URL
Synopsis
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL,
long disallow);Description
A long parameter set to 1 tells the library to not allow URLs that include a username.
This is the equivalent to the CURLU_DISALLOW_USER flag for the curl_url_set(3) function.
Default
0 (disabled)
Protocols
This functionality affects all supported protocols
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_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL, 1L);
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}Availability
Added in curl 7.61.0
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).
curl_easy_perform(3) returns CURLE_LOGIN_DENIED if this option is enabled and a URL containing a username is specified.
See Also
CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS_STR(3), CURLOPT_URL(3), curl_url_set(3), libcurl-security(3)
Referenced By
curl_easy_setopt(3), libcurl-symbols(3).
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