NAME

       CURLOPT_REFERER - the HTTP referer header

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REFERER, char *where);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a  pointer  to a null-terminated string as parameter. It will be used to set the Referer: header in
       the http request sent to the remote server. This can be used to fool servers or scripts. You can also set
       any custom header with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3).

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

DEFAULT

       NULL

PROTOCOLS

       HTTP

EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

         /* tell it where we found the link to this place */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, "https://example.com/aboutme.html");

         curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       If built with HTTP support

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP support is enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there
       was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_USERAGENT(3), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3), CURLINFO_REFERER(3),