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CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3) NAME CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET - alternative target for this request SYNOPSIS #include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, string); DESCRIPTION Pass a char pointer to string which libcurl uses in the upcoming request instead of the path as extracted from the URL. libcurl passes on the verbatim string in its request without any filter or other safe guards. That includes white space and control characters. Using this option multiple times makes the last set string override the previous ones. Set it to NULL to disable its use again. The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option. DEFAULT NULL PROTOCOLS This functionality affects http only EXAMPLE int main(void) { CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { CURLcode result; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://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 */ result = curl_easy_perform(curl); curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } } AVAILABILITY Added in curl 7.55.0 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). SEE ALSO CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3), CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3), CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS(3), CUR- LOPT_URL(3) libcurl 2026-06-11 CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)
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