CURLOPT_REFERER - the HTTP referer header
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REFERER, char *where);
CURLOPT_REFERER(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_REFERER(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_REFERER - the HTTP referer header
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REFERER, char *where);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string as parameter. It will be
used to set the Referer: header in the http request sent to the remote
server. This can be used to fool servers or scripts. You can also set
any custom header with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3).
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting
this option.
DEFAULT
NULL
PROTOCOLS
HTTP
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* tell it where we found the link to this place */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, "https://example.com/aboutme.html");
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
AVAILABILITY
If built with HTTP support
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP support is enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if
not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | web/curl |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_USERAGENT(3), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3), CURLINFO_REFERER(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_REFERER(3)