localport.c

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/* <DESC>
 * Use CURLOPT_LOCALPORT to control local port number
 * </DESC>
 */
#include <stdio.h>
 
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
 
  CURLcode result = curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
  if(result != CURLE_OK)
    return (int)result;
 
  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    /* Try to use a local port number between 20000-20009 */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOCALPORT, 20000L);
    /* 10 means number of attempts, which starts with the number set in
       CURLOPT_LOCALPORT. The lower value set, the smaller the chance it
       works. */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOCALPORTRANGE, 10L);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://curl.se/");
 
    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
 
    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
 
  curl_global_cleanup();
 
  return (int)result;
}

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