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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 re-
       quest 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) {
	   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 */
	   curl_easy_perform(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),
       CURLOPT_URL(3)

libcurl				  2025-06-03	     CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)

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