Manpages - CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET.3

CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET - alternative target for this request

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, string);

Pass a char * to string which libcurl uses in the upcoming request instead of the path as extracted from the URL.

NULL

HTTP

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

    /* issue an OPTIONS * request (no leading slash) */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, "*");

    /* Perform the request */
    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }

Added in 7.55.0

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

*CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST*(3), *CURLOPT_HTTPGET*(3),