connect-to.c

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/* <DESC>
 * Use CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO to connect to "wrong" hostname
 * </DESC>
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
 
  /*
    Each single string should be written using the format
    HOST:PORT:CONNECT-TO-HOST:CONNECT-TO-PORT where HOST is the host of the
    request, PORT is the port of the request, CONNECT-TO-HOST is the host name
    to connect to, and CONNECT-TO-PORT is the port to connect to.
   */
  /* instead of curl.se:443, it resolves and uses example.com:443 but in other
     aspects work as if it still is curl.se */
  struct curl_slist *host = curl_slist_append(NULL,
                                              "curl.se:443:example.com:443");
 
  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO, host);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://curl.se/");
 
    /* since this connects to the wrong host, checking the host name in the
       server certificate fails, so unless we disable the check libcurl
       returns CURLE_PEER_FAILED_VERIFICATION */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
 
    /* Letting the wrong host name in the certificate be okay, the transfer
       goes through but (most likely) causes a 404 or similar because it sends
       an unknown name in the Host: header field */
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
 
    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
 
  curl_slist_free_all(host);
 
  return (int)res;
}

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