CURLOPT_PRIVATE - store a private pointer
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, void *pointer);
CURLOPT_PRIVATE(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_PRIVATE(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_PRIVATE - store a private pointer
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, void *pointer);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a void * as parameter, pointing to data that should be associated
with this curl handle. The pointer can subsequently be retrieved using
curl_easy_getinfo(3) with the CURLINFO_PRIVATE option. libcurl itself
never does anything with this data.
DEFAULT
NULL
PROTOCOLS
All
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
struct private secrets;
if(curl) {
struct private *extracted;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* store a pointer to our private struct */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, &secrets);
curl_easy_perform(curl);
/* we can extract the private pointer again too */
curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, &extracted);
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.10.3
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
if not.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | web/curl |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_VERBOSE(3), CURLOPT_STDERR(3),
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://curl.se/down-
load/curl-7.83.1.tar.bz2.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://curl.haxx.se/.
libcurl 7.83.1 November 26, 2021 CURLOPT_PRIVATE(3)