CURLOPT_LOCALPORT - Man Page

local port number to use for socket

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_LOCALPORT, long port);

Pass a long. This sets the local port number of the socket used for the connection. This can be used in combination with CURLOPT_INTERFACE(3) and you are recommended to use CURLOPT_LOCALPORTRANGE(3) as well when this option is set. Valid port numbers are 1 - 65535.

Default

0, disabled - use whatever the system thinks is fine

Protocols

This functionality affects all supported protocols

Example

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOCALPORT, 49152L);
    /* and try 20 more ports following that */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOCALPORTRANGE, 20L);
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}