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CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_ALPN(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_ALPN(3)

NAME

CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_ALPN - Application Layer Protocol Negotiation

SYNOPSIS


#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_ALPN, long npn);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a long as parameter, 0 or 1 where 1 is for enable and 0 for disable. This option enables/disables ALPN in the SSL handshake (if the SSL backend libcurl is built to use supports it), which can be used to negotiate http2.

DEFAULT

1, enabled

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects all TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.
 
All TLS backends support this option.

EXAMPLE


int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_ALPN, 0L);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.36.0

RETURN VALUE

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

SEE ALSO

CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_NPN(3), CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS(3)
2025-05-13 libcurl
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