Provided by: libcurl4-doc_7.85.0-1_all
NAME
CURLINFO_REFERER - get the referrer header
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_REFERER, char **hdrp);
DESCRIPTION
Pass in a pointer to a char pointer and get the referrer header. The hdrp pointer will be NULL or pointing to private memory you MUST NOT free - it gets freed when you call curl_easy_cleanup(3) on the corresponding CURL handle.
PROTOCOLS
HTTP(S)
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { CURLcode res; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, "https://example.org/referrer"); res = curl_easy_perform(curl); if(res == CURLE_OK) { char *hdr = NULL; curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REFERER, &hdr); if(hdr) printf("Referrer header: %s\n", hdr); } curl_easy_cleanup(curl); }
AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.76.0
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
SEE ALSO
curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3), CURLOPT_REFERER(3),