---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_RTSP_SESSION_ID
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
  - CURLOPT_RTSP_REQUEST (3)
  - CURLOPT_RTSP_STREAM_URI (3)
Protocol:
  - RTSP
Added-in: 7.20.0
---

# NAME

CURLOPT_RTSP_SESSION_ID - RTSP session ID

# SYNOPSIS

~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RTSP_SESSION_ID, char *id);
~~~

# DESCRIPTION

Pass a char pointer as a parameter to set the value of the current RTSP
Session ID for the handle. Useful for resuming an in-progress session. Once
this value is set to any non-NULL value, libcurl returns
*CURLE_RTSP_SESSION_ERROR* if ID received from the server does not match. If
unset (or set to NULL), libcurl automatically sets the ID the first time the
server sets it in a response.

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.

# DEFAULT

NULL

# %PROTOCOLS%

# EXAMPLE

~~~c
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    char *prev_id; /* saved from before somehow */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "rtsp://example.com/");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RTSP_SESSION_ID, prev_id);
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}
~~~

# %AVAILABILITY%

# RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.