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CURLOPT_TRAILERFUNCTION(3)  Library Functions Manual  CURLOPT_TRAILERFUNCTION(3)

NAME
     CURLOPT_TRAILERFUNCTION - callback for sending trailing headers

SYNOPSIS
     #include <curl.h>

     int curl_trailer_callback(struct curl_slist ** list, void *userdata);

     CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TRAILERFUNCTION,
			       curl_trailer_callback *func);

DESCRIPTION
     Pass a pointer to a callback function.

     This  callback function is called once right before sending the final CR LF
     in an HTTP chunked transfer to fill a list of trailing headers to	be  sent
     before finishing the HTTP transfer.

     You can set the userdata argument with the CURLOPT_TRAILERDATA(3) option.

     The  trailing  headers  included in the linked list must not be CRLF-termi-
     nated, because libcurl adds the appropriate line termination characters af-
     ter each header item.

     If you use curl_slist_append(3) to add trailing headers to  the  curl_slist
     then  libcurl  duplicates	the  strings,  and frees the curl_slist once the
     trailers have been sent.

     If one of the trailing header fields is not formatted correctly it  is  ig-
     nored and an info message is emitted.

     The  return  value  can  either  be  CURL_TRAILERFUNC_OK  or  CURL_TRAILER-
     FUNC_ABORT which would respectively instruct  libcurl  to	either	continue
     with sending the trailers or to abort the request.

     If you set this option to NULL, then the transfer proceeds as usual without
     any interruptions.

DEFAULT
     NULL

PROTOCOLS
     This functionality affects http only

EXAMPLE
     extern size_t read_cb(char *ptr, size_t size,
			   size_t nmemb, void *userdata);

     static int trailer_cb(struct curl_slist **tr, void *data)
     {
       /* libcurl frees the list */
       *tr = curl_slist_append(*tr, "My-super-awesome-trailer: trailer-stuff");
       return CURL_TRAILERFUNC_OK;
     }

     int main(void)
     {
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
	 CURLcode result;

	 /* Set the URL of the request */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
	 /* Now set it as a put */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1L);

	 /* Assuming we have a function that returns the data to be pushed
	    Let that function be read_cb */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, read_cb);

	 struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
	 headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Trailer: My-super-awesome-trailer");
	 result = curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);

	 /* Set the trailers filling callback */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TRAILERFUNCTION, trailer_cb);

	 /* Perform the transfer */
	 result = curl_easy_perform(curl);

	 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);

	 curl_slist_free_all(headers);
       }
     }

AVAILABILITY
     Added in curl 7.64.0

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_TRAILERDATA(3), CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3)

libcurl 			   2026-06-11	      CURLOPT_TRAILERFUNCTION(3)

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