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NAME

       CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH - methods for SOCKS5 proxy authentication

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH, long bitmask);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a long as parameter, which is set to a bitmask, to tell libcurl which authentication
       method(s) are allowed for SOCKS5 proxy  authentication.   The  only  supported  flags  are
       CURLAUTH_BASIC,  which  allows  username/password  authentication,  CURLAUTH_GSSAPI, which
       allows GSS-API authentication, and CURLAUTH_NONE, which allows no authentication.  Set the
       actual user name and password with the CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD(3) option.

DEFAULT

       CURLAUTH_BASIC|CURLAUTH_GSSAPI

PROTOCOLS

       All

EXAMPLE

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

         /* request to use a SOCKS5 proxy */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "socks5://user:pass@myproxy.com");

         /* enable username/password authentication only */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);

         /* Perform the request */
         curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.55.0

RETURN VALUE

       Returns   CURLE_OK   if   the   option  is  supported,  CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION  if  not,  or
       CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN if the bitmask contains unsupported flags.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_PROXY(3), CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE(3)