CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH(3)

NAME
CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH - methods for SOCKS5 proxy authentication

SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH, long bitmask);

DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter, which is set to a bitmask, to tell libcurl which authentication method(s) are allowed for SOCKS5 proxy authentication. The only supported flags are CURLAUTH_BASIC, which allows username/password authentication, CURLAUTH_GSSAPI, which allows GSS-API authentication, and CURLAUTH_NONE, which allows no authentication. Set the actual username and password with the CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD(3) option.

DEFAULT
CURLAUTH_BASIC | CURLAUTH_GSSAPI

PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    /* request to use a SOCKS5 proxy */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "socks5://user:pass@myproxy.com");
    /* enable username/password authentication only */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
    /* Perform the request */
    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}

HISTORY
CURLAUTH_* macros became long types in 7.26.0, prior to this version a long cast was necessary when passed to curl_easy_setopt(3).

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_PROXY(3), CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE(3)