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CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)

NAME

CURLOPT_PASSWORD - 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.
 
Using this option multiple times makes the last set string override the previous ones. Set it to NULL to disable its use again.

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)
2025-05-13 libcurl
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