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CURLOPT_REFERER 3 "September 16, 2020" "libcurl 7.73.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
NAME
CURLOPT_REFERER - set 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.
"SEE ALSO"
CURLOPT_USERAGENT "(3), " CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER "(3), "