NAME

       CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET - alternative target for this request

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, string);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass a char pointer to string which libcurl uses in the upcoming request instead of the path as extracted
       from the URL.

       libcurl  passes  on  the  verbatim  string  in  its request without any filter or other safe guards. That
       includes white space and control characters.

       Using this option multiple times makes the last set string override the previous ones. Set it to NULL  to
       disable its use again.

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

DEFAULT

       NULL

PROTOCOLS

       This functionality affects http only

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/*");
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "OPTIONS");

           /* issue an OPTIONS * request (no leading slash) */
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, "*");

           /* Perform the request */
           curl_easy_perform(curl);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in curl 7.55.0

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_CUSTOMREQUEST(3), CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3), CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS(3), CURLOPT_URL(3)

libcurl                                            2025-03-05                          CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)