curl_easy_option_by_name.md 1.1 KB


c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Title: curl_easy_option_by_name Section: 3 Source: libcurl See-also:

  • curl_easy_option_by_id (3)
  • curl_easy_option_next (3)
  • curl_easy_setopt (3) Protocol:
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NAME

curl_easy_option_by_name - find an easy setopt option by name

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

const struct curl_easyoption *curl_easy_option_by_name(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION

Given a name, this function returns a pointer to the curl_easyoption struct, holding information about the curl_easysetopt(3) option using that name. The name should be specified without the "CURLOPT" prefix and the name comparison is made case insensitive.

If libcurl has no option with the given name, this function returns NULL.

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
  const struct curl_easyoption *opt = curl_easy_option_by_name("URL");
  if(opt) {
    printf("This option wants CURLoption %x\n", (int)opt->id);
  }
}

AVAILABILITY

This function was added in libcurl 7.73.0

RETURN VALUE

A pointer to the curl_easyoption struct for the option or NULL.