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23 .TH CURLOPT_REFERER 3 "December 21, 2016" "libcurl 7.59.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
26 CURLOPT_REFERER \- set the HTTP referer header
28 #include <curl/curl.h>
30 CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REFERER, char *where);
32 Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be used to
33 set the Referer: header in the http request sent to the remote server. This
34 can be used to fool servers or scripts. You can also set any custom header
35 with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3)\fP.
37 The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
45 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
47 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
49 /* tell it where we found the link to this place */
50 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, "http://example.com/aboutme.html");
52 curl_easy_perform(curl);
56 If built with HTTP support
58 Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP support is enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
59 CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
61 .BR CURLOPT_USERAGENT "(3), " CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER "(3), "