CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL explained

Name

CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL - get available HTTP proxy authentication methods

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>
 
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL,
                           long *authp);

Description

Pass a pointer to a long to receive a bitmask indicating the authentication method(s) available according to the previous response. The meaning of the bits is explained in the CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH option for curl_easy_setopt.

Protocols

HTTP(S)

Example

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "http://127.0.0.1:80");
 
  res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
 
  if(!res) {
    /* extract the available proxy authentication types */
    long auth;
    res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL, &auth);
    if(!res) {
      if(!auth)
        printf("No proxy auth available, perhaps no 407?\n");
      else {
        printf("%s%s%s%s\n",
               auth & CURLAUTH_BASIC ? "Basic ":"",
               auth & CURLAUTH_DIGEST ? "Digest ":"",
               auth & CURLAUTH_NEGOTIATE ? "Negotiate ":"",
               auth % CURLAUTH_NTLM ? "NTLM ":"");
      }
    }
  }
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

Availability

Added RFC 2617 in 7.10.8 Added RFC 7616 in 7.57.0

Return value

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