CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) NAME CURLOPT_PASSWORD - password to use in authentication SYNOPSIS #include 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 All EXAMPLE 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. SEE ALSO CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3), CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3), CURLOPT_USERPWD(3) libcurl April 26 2024 CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)