NAME

       CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME - username to use for proxy authentication

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME,
                                 char *username);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass a char pointer as parameter, which should be pointing to the null-terminated username to use for the
       transfer.

       CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3) sets the username to be used in protocol authentication with the proxy.

       To specify the proxy password use the CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3).

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

DEFAULT

       blank

PROTOCOLS

       This functionality affects all supported protocols

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_PROXY, "http://localhost:8080");
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME, "mrsmith");
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD, "qwerty");
           res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
           curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in curl 7.19.1

RETURN VALUE

       curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

       CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3), CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3), CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3)

libcurl                                            2025-03-05                           CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3)