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CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL(3)

CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL - disallow specifying username in the URL

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL,

long disallow);

A long parameter set to 1 tells the library to not allow URLs that include a username.

0 (disabled) - user names are allowed by default.

Several

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {

curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL, 1L);
curl_easy_perform(curl); }

Added in 7.61.0

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

curl_easy_perform() will return CURLE_LOGIN_DENIED if this option is enabled and a URL containing a username is specified.

libcurl-security(3), ,CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS(3)

January 2, 2023 libcurl 7.88.1