CURLOPT_PASSWORD - Man Page
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)
Referenced By
curl_easy_setopt(3), CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT(3), CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3), CURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS(3), CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE(3), CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3), CURLOPT_SASL_AUTHZID(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3), CURLOPT_USERPWD(3), libcurl-symbols(3).