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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_PASSWORD
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH (3)
- CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH (3)
- CURLOPT_USERNAME (3)
- CURLOPT_USERPWD (3)
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_PASSWORD - password to use in authentication
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, char *pwd);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a char pointer as parameter, which should be pointing to the
null-terminated password to use for the transfer.
The CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) option should be used in conjunction with the
CURLOPT_USERNAME(3) option.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.
# DEFAULT
blank
# PROTOCOLS
Most
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "qwerty");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# 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.