CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME - Man Page
username to use for proxy authentication
Synopsis
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME, char *username);
Description
Pass a char pointer as parameter, which should be pointing to the null-terminated username to use for the transfer.
CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3) sets the username to be used in protocol authentication with the proxy.
To specify the proxy password use the CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3).
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.
Default
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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_PROXY, "http://localhost:8080"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME, "mrsmith"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD, "qwerty"); res = curl_easy_perform(curl); curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } }
Availability
Added in curl 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_HTTPAUTH(3), CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3), CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3)
Referenced By
curl_easy_setopt(3), CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3), CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD(3), libcurl-symbols(3).