NAME

       CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME - user name to use for proxy authentication

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME,
                                 char *username);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a  char * as parameter, which should be pointing to the zero terminated user name to
       use for the transfer.

       CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3) sets the user name to be used in protocol authentication with the
       proxy.

       To specify the proxy password use the CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3).

       The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.

DEFAULT

       blank

PROTOCOLS

       Most

EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/foo.bin");
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "http://localhost:8080");
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME, "mrsmith");
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD, "qwerty");
         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.19.1

RETURN VALUE

       Returns   CURLE_OK   if   the   option  is  supported,  CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION  if  not,  or
       CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3), CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3), CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3)