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curlopt_proxyusername(3)

CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME – user name to use for proxy authentication

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME,
 char *username);

Description

Pass a char * as parameter, which should be pointing to the zero terminated user name to use for the transfer.

CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3) sets the user name to be used in protocol authentication with the proxy.

To specify the proxy password use the CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3).

Default

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Protocols

Most

Example

TODO

Availability

Added in 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_PROXYPASSWORD(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3), CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3), CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3)