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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel.se>, et al.
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SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
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Title: CURLOPT_PROXY
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Section: 3
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Source: libcurl
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See-also:
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- CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL (3)
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- CURLOPT_PRE_PROXY (3)
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- CURLOPT_PROXYPORT (3)
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- CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE (3)
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---
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# NAME
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CURLOPT_PROXY - proxy to use
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# SYNOPSIS
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~~~c
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#include <curl/curl.h>
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CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXY, char *proxy);
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~~~
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# DESCRIPTION
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Set the *proxy* to use for transfers with this easy handle. The parameter
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should be a char * to a null-terminated string holding the hostname or dotted
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numerical IP address. A numerical IPv6 address must be written within
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[brackets].
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To specify port number in this string, append :[port] to the end of the host
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name. The proxy's port number may optionally (but discouraged) be specified
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with the separate option CURLOPT_PROXYPORT(3). If not specified, libcurl
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defaults to using port 1080 for proxies.
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The proxy string may be prefixed with [scheme]:// to specify which kind of
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proxy is used.
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## http://
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HTTP Proxy. Default when no scheme or proxy type is specified.
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## https://
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HTTPS Proxy. (Added in 7.52.0 for OpenSSL and GnuTLS Since 7.87.0, it
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also works for BearSSL, mbedTLS, rustls, Schannel, Secure Transport and
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wolfSSL.)
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This uses HTTP/1 by default. Setting CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE(3) to
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**CURLPROXY_HTTPS2** allows libcurl to negotiate using HTTP/2 with proxy.
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## socks4://
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SOCKS4 Proxy.
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## socks4a://
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SOCKS4a Proxy. Proxy resolves URL hostname.
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## socks5://
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SOCKS5 Proxy.
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## socks5h://
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SOCKS5 Proxy. Proxy resolves URL hostname.
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Without a scheme prefix, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE(3) can be used to specify
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which kind of proxy the string identifies.
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When you tell the library to use an HTTP proxy, libcurl transparently converts
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operations to HTTP even if you specify an FTP URL etc. This may have an impact
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on what other features of the library you can use, such as
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CURLOPT_QUOTE(3) and similar FTP specifics that do not work unless you
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tunnel through the HTTP proxy. Such tunneling is activated with
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CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL(3).
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Setting the proxy string to "" (an empty string) explicitly disables the use
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of a proxy, even if there is an environment variable set for it.
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A proxy host string can also include protocol scheme (http://) and embedded
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user + password.
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Unix domain sockets are supported for socks proxies since 7.84.0. Set
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localhost for the host part. e.g. socks5h://localhost/path/to/socket.sock
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The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
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option.
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When a proxy is used, the active FTP mode as set with *CUROPT_FTPPORT(3)*,
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cannot be used.
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# Environment variables
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libcurl respects the proxy environment variables named **http_proxy**,
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**ftp_proxy**, **sftp_proxy** etc. If set, libcurl uses the specified proxy
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for that URL scheme. For an "FTP://" URL, the **ftp_proxy** is
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considered. **all_proxy** is used if no protocol specific proxy was set.
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If **no_proxy** (or **NO_PROXY**) is set, it is the exact equivalent of
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setting the CURLOPT_NOPROXY(3) option.
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The CURLOPT_PROXY(3) and CURLOPT_NOPROXY(3) options override environment
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variables.
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# DEFAULT
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Default is NULL, meaning no proxy is used.
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When you set a hostname to use, do not assume that there is any particular
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single port number used widely for proxies. Specify it!
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# PROTOCOLS
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All except file://. Note that some protocols do not work well over proxy.
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# EXAMPLE
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~~~c
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int main(void)
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{
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CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
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if(curl) {
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/file.txt");
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "http://proxy:80");
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curl_easy_perform(curl);
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}
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}
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~~~
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# AVAILABILITY
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Since 7.14.1 the proxy environment variable names can include the protocol
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scheme.
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Since 7.21.7 the proxy string supports the socks protocols as "schemes".
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Since 7.50.2, unsupported schemes in proxy strings cause libcurl to return
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error.
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# RETURN VALUE
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Returns CURLE_OK if proxies are supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
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CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
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