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CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET - specify an alternative target for this request #include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, string); Pass a char * to string which libcurl uses in the upcoming request instead of the path as extracted from the URL. NULL HTTP

curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/*");
 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "OPTIONS");

 /* issue an OPTIONS * request (no leading slash) */
 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, "*");

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

Added in 7.55.0 Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST "(3), " CURLOPT_HTTPGET "(3), "