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CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE(3)    Library Functions Manual	CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE(3)

NAME
     CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE - scope id for IPv6 addresses

SYNOPSIS
     #include <curl/curl.h>

     CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE, long scope);

DESCRIPTION
     Pass  a  long  specifying the scope id value to use when connecting to IPv6
     addresses.

DEFAULT
     0

PROTOCOLS
     This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE
     #include <net/if.h> /* for if_nametoindex() */

     int main(void)
     {
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
	 CURLcode result;
	 long my_scope_id;
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
	 my_scope_id = if_nametoindex("eth0");
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE, my_scope_id);
	 result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
	 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }
     }

AVAILABILITY
     Added in curl 7.19.0

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).  Returns CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT if set to	a  nega-
     tive value.

SEE ALSO
     CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_STDERR(3)

libcurl 			   2026-06-11		CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE(3)

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