NAME

       CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR - file name to store cookies to

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, char *filename);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a  filename  as a char *, null-terminated. This makes libcurl write all internally known cookies to
       the specified file when curl_easy_cleanup(3) is called. If no cookies are kept in memory at that time, no
       file is created. Specify "-" as filename to instead have the cookies written to stdout. Using this option
       also enables cookies for this session, so if you for example follow a redirect it makes matching  cookies
       get sent accordingly.

       Note  that  libcurl  does  not  read  any cookies from the cookie jar specified with this option. To read
       cookies from a file, use CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE(3).

       If the cookie jar file cannot be created or written to (when the curl_easy_cleanup(3) is called), libcurl
       does not and cannot report an  error  for  this.  Using  CURLOPT_VERBOSE(3)  or  CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3)
       displays a warning, but that is the only visible feedback you get about this possibly lethal situation.

       Cookies are imported in the Set-Cookie format without a domain name are not exported by this option.

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

DEFAULT

       NULL

PROTOCOLS

       HTTP

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           CURLcode res;
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");

           /* export cookies to this file when closing the handle */
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, "/tmp/cookies.txt");

           res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

           /* close the handle, write the cookies! */
           curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Along with HTTP

RETURN VALUE

       Returns  CURLE_OK  if HTTP is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was
       insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_COOKIE(3), CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE(3), CURLOPT_COOKIELIST(3)

ibcurl 8.5.0                                    December 04, 2023                           CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR(3)