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23 * HTTP request with custom modified, removed and added headers
27 #include <curl/curl.h>
34 curl = curl_easy_init();
36 struct curl_slist *chunk = NULL;
38 /* Remove a header curl would otherwise add by itself */
39 chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Accept:");
41 /* Add a custom header */
42 chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Another: yes");
44 /* Modify a header curl otherwise adds differently */
45 chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Host: example.com");
47 /* Add a header with "blank" contents to the right of the colon. Note that
48 we're then using a semicolon in the string we pass to curl! */
49 chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "X-silly-header;");
51 /* set our custom set of headers */
52 res = curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, chunk);
54 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "localhost");
55 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
57 res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
58 /* Check for errors */
60 fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
61 curl_easy_strerror(res));
64 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
66 /* free the custom headers */
67 curl_slist_free_all(chunk);