curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_REFERER.md
Daniel Stenberg b935fd4a07
docs: make each libcurl man specify protocol(s)
The mandatory header now has a mandatory list of protocols for which the
manpage is relevant.

Most man pages already has a "PROTOCOLS" section, but this introduces a
stricter way to specify the relevant protocols.

cd2nroff verifies that at least one protocol is mentioned (which can be
`*`).

This information is not used just yet, but A) the PROTOCOLS section can
now instead get generated and get a unified wording across all manpages
and B) this allows us to more reliably filter/search for protocol
specific manpages/options.

Closes #13166
2024-03-21 15:27:06 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_REFERER
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL (3)
- CURLINFO_REFERER (3)
- CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER (3)
- CURLOPT_USERAGENT (3)
Protocol:
- HTTP
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_REFERER - the HTTP referer header
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REFERER, char *where);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string as parameter. It is used to set the
Referer: header field in the HTTP request sent to the remote server. You can
set any custom header with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3).
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.
# DEFAULT
NULL
# PROTOCOLS
HTTP
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* tell it where we found the link to this place */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, "https://example.org/me.html");
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
~~~
# AVAILABILITY
If built with HTTP support
# RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP support is enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.