curl/docs/examples/resolve.c

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res = CURLE_OK;
  struct curl_slist *host = NULL;

  /* Each single name resolve string should be written using the format
     HOST:PORT:ADDRESS where HOST is the name libcurl will try 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
   */
  host = curl_slist_append(NULL, "example.com:80:127.0.0.1");

  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RESOLVE, host);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }

  curl_slist_free_all(host);

  return (int)res;
}