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CURLOPT_LOCALPORT(3)	    Library Functions Manual	    CURLOPT_LOCALPORT(3)

NAME
     CURLOPT_LOCALPORT - local port number to use for socket

SYNOPSIS
     #include <curl/curl.h>

     CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_LOCALPORT, long port);

DESCRIPTION
     Pass  a  long.  This  sets the local port number of the socket used for the
     connection. This can be used in combination with  CURLOPT_INTERFACE(3)  and
     you  are recommended to use CURLOPT_LOCALPORTRANGE(3) as well when this op-
     tion is set. Valid port numbers are 1 - 65535.

DEFAULT
     0, disabled - use whatever the system thinks is fine

PROTOCOLS
     This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE
     int main(void)
     {
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
	 CURLcode result;
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOCALPORT, 49152L);
	 /* and try 20 more ports following that */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOCALPORTRANGE, 20L);
	 result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
	 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }
     }

AVAILABILITY
     Added in curl 7.15.2

RETURN VALUE
     curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

     CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see
     libcurl-errors(3).

SEE ALSO
     CURLINFO_LOCAL_PORT(3), CURLOPT_INTERFACE(3), CURLOPT_LOCALPORTRANGE(3)

libcurl 			   2026-06-11		    CURLOPT_LOCALPORT(3)

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