CURLOPT_REFERER(3)

NAME
CURLOPT_REFERER - the HTTP referer header

SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REFERER, char *where);

DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string as parameter. It will be used to set the Referer: header in the http request sent to the remote server. This can be used to fool servers or scripts. You can also set any custom header with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3).

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.

DEFAULT
NULL

PROTOCOLS
HTTP

EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

  /* tell it where we found the link to this place */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, "https://example.com/aboutme.html");

  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY
If built with HTTP support

RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP support is enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_USERAGENT(3), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3), CURLINFO_REFERER(3),