Manpages - CURLOPT_REFERER.3

CURLOPT_REFERER - the HTTP referer header

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REFERER, char *where);

Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string as parameter. It will be used to set the Referer: header in the http request sent to the remote server. This can be used to fool servers or scripts. You can also set any custom header with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3).

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.

NULL

HTTP

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

    /* tell it where we found the link to this place */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, "https://example.com/aboutme.html");

    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }

If built with HTTP support

Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP support is enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

*CURLOPT_USERAGENT*(3), *CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER*(3), *CURLINFO_REFERER*(3),