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.TH CURLOPT_PASSWORD 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_PASSWORD \- password to use in authentication
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, char *pwd);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a char * as parameter, which should be pointing to the null-terminated
password to use for the transfer.
The \fICURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)\fP option should be used in conjunction with the
\fICURLOPT_USERNAME(3)\fP option.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.
.SH DEFAULT
blank
.SH PROTOCOLS
Most
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "qwerty");
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.19.1
.SH 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.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_USERPWD "(3), " CURLOPT_USERNAME "(3), "
.BR CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH "(3), " CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH "(3)"