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48 <p class="level0"><a name="NAME"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">NAME</h2>
49 <p class="level0">CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETFUNCTION - set callback for opening sockets <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">SYNOPSIS</h2>
50 <p class="level0"><pre>
51 <p class="level0">#include <curl/curl.h>
52 <p class="level0">typedef enum {
53 CURLSOCKTYPE_IPCXN, /* socket created for a specific IP connection */
54 CURLSOCKTYPE_ACCEPT, /* socket created by accept() call */
55 CURLSOCKTYPE_LAST /* never use */
57 <p class="level0">struct curl_sockaddr {
61 unsigned int addrlen;
62 struct sockaddr addr;
64 <p class="level0">curl_socket_t opensocket_callback(void *clientp,
65 curlsocktype purpose,
66 struct curl_sockaddr *address);
67 <p class="level0">CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETFUNCTION, opensocket_callback);
69 <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">DESCRIPTION</h2>
70 <p class="level0">Pass a pointer to your callback function, which should match the prototype shown above.
71 <p class="level0">This callback function gets called by libcurl instead of the <span Class="emphasis">socket(2)</span> call. The callback's <span Class="emphasis">purpose</span> argument identifies the exact purpose for this particular socket: <span Class="emphasis">CURLSOCKTYPE_IPCXN</span> is for IP based connections and <span Class="emphasis">CURLSOCKTYPE_ACCEPT</span> is for sockets created after accept() - such as when doing active FTP. Future versions of libcurl may support more purposes.
72 <p class="level0">The <span Class="emphasis">clientp</span> pointer contains whatever user-defined value set using the <a Class="emphasis" href="./CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETDATA.html">CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETDATA</a> function.
73 <p class="level0">The callback gets the resolved peer address as the <span Class="emphasis">address</span> argument and is allowed to modify the address or refuse to connect completely. The callback function should return the newly created socket or <span Class="emphasis">CURL_SOCKET_BAD</span> in case no connection could be established or another error was detected. Any additional <span Class="emphasis">setsockopt(2)</span> calls can of course be done on the socket at the user's discretion. A <span Class="emphasis">CURL_SOCKET_BAD</span> return value from the callback function will signal an unrecoverable error to libcurl and it will return <span Class="emphasis">CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT</span> from the function that triggered this callback. This return code can be used for IP address blacklisting.
74 <p class="level0">If you want to pass in a socket with an already established connection, pass the socket back with this callback and then use <a Class="emphasis" href="./CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION.html">CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION</a> to signal that it already is connected. <a name="DEFAULT"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">DEFAULT</h2>
75 <p class="level0">The default behavior is the equivalent of this: <pre>
76 <p class="level0"> return socket(addr->family, addr->socktype, addr->protocol);
79 <p class="level0"><a name="PROTOCOLS"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">PROTOCOLS</h2>
80 <p class="level0">All <a name="EXAMPLE"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">EXAMPLE</h2>
81 <p class="level0"><a name="AVAILABILITY"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">AVAILABILITY</h2>
82 <p class="level0">Added in 7.17.1. <a name="RETURN"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">RETURN VALUE</h2>
83 <p class="level0">Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. <a name="SEE"></a><h2 class="nroffsh">SEE ALSO</h2>
84 <p class="level0"><a Class="manpage" href="./CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETDATA.html">CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETDATA</a>, <a Class="manpage" href="./CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION.html">CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION</a>, <span Class="manpage"> </span> <a Class="manpage" href="./CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETFUNCTION.html">CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETFUNCTION</a>, <span Class="manpage"> </span> <p class="roffit">
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