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resolve.c

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/* <DESC>
 * Use CURLOPT_RESOLVE to feed custom IP addresses for given hostname + port
 * number combinations.
 * </DESC>
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
 
  /* Each single name resolve string should be written using the format
     HOST:PORT:ADDRESS where HOST is the name libcurl tries to resolve, PORT
     is the port number of the service where libcurl wants to connect to the
     HOST and ADDRESS is the numerical IP address
   */
  struct curl_slist *host = curl_slist_append(NULL,
                                              "example.com:443:127.0.0.1");
 
  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RESOLVE, host);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
 
    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
 
  curl_slist_free_all(host);
 
  return (int)res;
}

Notice

This source code example is simplified and ignores return codes and error checks to a large extent. We do this to highlight the libcurl function calls and related options and reduce unrelated code.

A real-world application will of course properly check every return value and exit correctly at the first serious error.