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CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH (3)

Name

CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH - methods for SOCKS5 proxy authentication

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH, long bitmask);

Description

CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH(3)     curl_easy_setopt options     CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH(3)



NAME
       CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH - methods for SOCKS5 proxy authentication

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH, long bitmask);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass  a  long  as parameter, which is set to a bitmask, to tell libcurl
       which authentication method(s) are allowed for SOCKS5 proxy authentica-
       tion.   The only supported flags are CURLAUTH_BASIC, which allows user-
       name/password authentication,  CURLAUTH_GSSAPI,  which  allows  GSS-API
       authentication, and CURLAUTH_NONE, which allows no authentication.  Set
       the actual user name  and  password  with  the  CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD(3)
       option.

DEFAULT
       CURLAUTH_BASIC|CURLAUTH_GSSAPI

PROTOCOLS
       All

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

         /* request to use a SOCKS5 proxy */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "socks5://user:pass@myproxy.com");

         /* enable username/password authentication only */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);

         /* Perform the request */
         curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.55.0

RETURN VALUE
       Returns  CURLE_OK  if  the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if
       not, or CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN if the bitmask contains unsupported flags.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | web/curl         |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_PROXY(3), CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE(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_SOCKS5_AUTH(3)