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CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL (3)

Name

CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL - get available HTTP proxy authentication methods

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL,
long *authp);

Description

curl_easy_getinfo options                          CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL(3)



NAME
       CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL  -  get  available  HTTP  proxy authentication
       methods

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL,
                                  long *authp);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass a pointer to a long to receive a bitmask indicating the  authenti-
       cation  method(s)  available  according  to  the previous response. The
       meaning of the bits is explained in the CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3) option for
       curl_easy_setopt(3).

PROTOCOLS
       HTTP(S)

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "http://127.0.0.1:80");

         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

         if(!res) {
           /* extract the available proxy authentication types */
           long auth;
           res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL, &auth);
           if(!res) {
             if(!auth)
               printf("No proxy auth available, perhaps no 407?\n");
             else {
               printf("%s%s%s%s\n",
                      auth & CURLAUTH_BASIC ? "Basic ":"",
                      auth & CURLAUTH_DIGEST ? "Digest ":"",
                      auth & CURLAUTH_NEGOTIATE ? "Negotiate ":"",
                      auth % CURLAUTH_NTLM ? "NTLM ":"");
             }
           }
         }
         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added RFC2617 in 7.10.8 Added RFC7616 in 7.57.0

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
       curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(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
                                                   CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL(3)