curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HEADERDATA.md
Daniel Stenberg e3fe020089
docs/libcurl: generate PROTOCOLS from meta-data
Remove the PROTOCOLS section from the source files completely and
instead generate them based on the header data in the curldown files.

It also generates TLS backend information for options marked for TLS as
protocol.

Closes #13175
2024-03-23 18:13:03 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_HEADERDATA
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION (3)
- CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION (3)
- curl_easy_header (3)
Protocol:
- All
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_HEADERDATA - pointer to pass to header callback
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, void *pointer);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a *pointer* to be used to write the header part of the received data
to.
If CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3) or CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION(3) is used,
*pointer* is passed in to the respective callback.
If neither of those options are set, *pointer* must be a valid FILE * and
it is used by a plain fwrite() to write headers to.
If you are using libcurl as a win32 DLL, you **MUST** use a
CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3) or CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION(3) if you set
this option or you might experience crashes.
# DEFAULT
NULL
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
struct my_info {
int shoesize;
char *secret;
};
static size_t header_callback(char *buffer, size_t size,
size_t nitems, void *userdata)
{
struct my_info *i = userdata;
printf("shoe size: %d\n", i->shoesize);
/* now this callback can access the my_info struct */
return nitems * size;
}
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
struct my_info my = { 10, "the cookies are in the cupboard" };
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, header_callback);
/* pass in custom data to the callback */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, &my);
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
~~~
# AVAILABILITY
Always
# RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK