http-options.c

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/* <DESC>
 * Issue an HTTP 'OPTIONS *' request
 * </DESC>
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res;
 
  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, "*");
 
    /* if this operation fails, allow risking a memory leak and do quick exit
       from libcurl as this exits anyway */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_QUICK_EXIT, 1L);
 
    /* Perform the request, res gets the return code */
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    /* Check for errors */
    if(res != CURLE_OK)
      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
              curl_easy_strerror(res));
 
    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
  return 0;
}

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