GNURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3)

💅 GNURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD 💅

okay so bestie, this page is from the curl_easy_setopt options manual, and it's all about GNURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3). we're literally about to make proxy password setup make sense. 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD — password to use with proxy authentication 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <gnurl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD, char
       *pwd);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Pass a char * as parameter, and it should be pointing to the null-terminated password to use for authentication with the proxy. fr fr, that's the whole job.

The CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3) option should be used in conjunction with the CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3) option — they're a matching set, iykyk. 🫶

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option. lowkey convenient, right? 😌

🎀 DEFAULT 🎀

blank — literally no default password, bestie. 💀

🌈 PROTOCOLS 🌈

Most — not all, but most. that's the vibe. ✨

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

Here's the whole example, verbatim, no cap:

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://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");
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

🔥 AVAILABILITY 🔥

Added in 7.19.1 — iconic since way back. 👑

⭐ 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. that's it, that's the tea. 🍵

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read these too, bestie:

• CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)
• CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3)
• CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3)
• CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3)

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💖 cute sign-off: this page is from libcurl 7.37.0, dated 19 Jun 2014, and it's the GNURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3) page. periodt. 💅