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Re: Libcurl uses HTTP GET command while using ftp protocol via proxy server

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 23:30:04 +0200 (CEST)

On Tue, 19 May 2015, Munirathinam Yuvaraj via curl-library wrote:

> Hi I tried to connect a ftp server using libcurl via a proxy server.In my
> code I had made settings for ftp protocol, it was able to connect with the
> server but unable to list directories and files present on the Server. When
> I scrutinzed the output available on the command window, foundĀ GET /
> HTTP/1.1

That's because you asked to use a *HTTP* proxy, which means curl speaks HTTP
over it.

You can sometimes as the proxy to get a connection tunneled through, which you
then can can use to speak FTP with a proxy. See CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL[1] for
that.

[1] = http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL.html

-- 
  / daniel.haxx.se

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