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.TH CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET 3 "June 21, 2017" "libcurl 7.69.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET \- specify an alternative target for this request
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, string);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a char * to string which libcurl uses in the upcoming request instead of
the path as extracted from the URL.
.SH DEFAULT
NULL
.SH PROTOCOLS
HTTP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://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);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.55.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST "(3), " CURLOPT_HTTPGET "(3), "