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NAME
CURLOPT_PASSWORD - password to use in authentication
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, char *pwd);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a char pointer as parameter, which should be pointing to the null-terminated password to use for the transfer. The CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) option should be used in conjunction with the CURLOPT_USERNAME(3) option. The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.
DEFAULT
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PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all supported protocols
EXAMPLE
int main(void) { CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { CURLcode res; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "qwerty"); res = curl_easy_perform(curl); curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } }
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 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_HTTPAUTH(3), CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3), CURLOPT_USERPWD(3)