Manpages - CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER.3
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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 parameter set to 1 to enable this. When enabled, libcurl will automatically set the Referer: header field in HTTP requests to the full URL where it follows a Location: redirect.
DEFAULT
0, disabled
PROTOCOLS
HTTP
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { 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); ret = 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
*CURLOPT_REFERER*(3), *CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION*(3),