NAME

       CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET - specify an alternative target for this request

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, string);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a char * to string which libcurl uses in the upcoming request instead of the path as
       extracted from the URL.

DEFAULT

       NULL

PROTOCOLS

       HTTP

EXAMPLE

       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);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.55.0

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3), CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3),