NAME

       CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER - automatically update the referer header

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, long autorefer);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a  long  parameter  set  to 1 to enable this. When enabled, libcurl automatically sets the Referer:
       header field in HTTP requests to the full URL when it follows a Location: redirect to a new destination.

       The automatic referer is set to the full previous URL  even  when  redirects  are  done  cross-origin  or
       following redirects to insecure protocols. This is considered a minor privacy leak by some.

DEFAULT

       0, disabled

PROTOCOLS

       HTTP

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           CURLcode res;
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");

           /* follow redirects */
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);

           /* set Referer: automatically when following redirects */
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, 1L);

           res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

           curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Along with HTTP

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO

       CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL(3), CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL(3), CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3), CURLOPT_REFERER(3)

ibcurl 8.5.0                                    December 04, 2023                         CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER(3)