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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_NETRC
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Section: 3
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Source: libcurl
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See-also:
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- CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE (3)
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- CURLOPT_USERNAME (3)
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- CURLOPT_USERPWD (3)
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---
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# NAME
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CURLOPT_NETRC - enable use of .netrc
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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_NETRC, long level);
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~~~
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# DESCRIPTION
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This parameter controls the preference *level* of libcurl between using
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user names and passwords from your *~/.netrc* file, relative to user names
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and passwords in the URL supplied with CURLOPT_URL(3).
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On Windows, libcurl uses the file as *%HOME%/_netrc*. If *%HOME%* is
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not set on Windows, libcurl falls back to *%USERPROFILE%*.
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You can also tell libcurl a different filename to use with
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CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE(3).
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libcurl uses a user name (and supplied or prompted password) supplied with
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CURLOPT_USERPWD(3) or CURLOPT_USERNAME(3) in preference to any of
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the options controlled by this parameter.
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Only machine name, user name and password are taken into account (init macros
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and similar things are not supported).
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libcurl does not verify that the file has the correct properties set (as the
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standard Unix ftp client does). It should only be readable by user.
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*level* is a long that should be set to one of the values described below.
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## CURL_NETRC_IGNORED (0)
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libcurl ignores the *.netrc* file. This is the default.
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## CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL (1)
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The use of the *.netrc* file is optional, and information in the URL is to
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be preferred. The file is scanned for the host and user name (to find the
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password only) or for the host only, to find the first user name and password
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after that *machine*, which ever information is not specified.
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## CURL_NETRC_REQUIRED (2)
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The use of the *.netrc* file is required, and any credential information
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present in the URL is ignored. The file is scanned for the host and user name
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(to find the password only) or for the host only, to find the first user name
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and password after that *machine*, which ever information is not
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specified.
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# FILE FORMAT
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The **.netrc** file format is simple: you specify lines with a machine name
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and follow the login and password that are associated with that machine.
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Each field is provided as a sequence of letters that ends with a space or
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newline. Starting in 7.84.0, libcurl also supports quoted strings. They start
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and end with double quotes and support the escaped special letters ", n,
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r, and t. Quoted strings are the only way a space character can be used in
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a user name or password.
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## machine <name>
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Provides credentials for a host called **name**. libcurl searches the .netrc
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file for a machine token that matches the hostname specified in the URL. Once
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a match is made, the subsequent tokens are processed, stopping when the end of
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file is reached or another "machine" is encountered.
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## default
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This is the same as "machine" name except that default matches any name. There
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can be only one default token, and it must be after all machine tokens. To
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provide a default anonymous login for hosts that are not otherwise matched,
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add a line similar to this in the end:
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default login anonymous password user@domain
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## login <name>
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The user name string for the remote machine.
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## password <secret>
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Supply a password. If this token is present, curl supplies the specified
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string if the remote server requires a password as part of the login process.
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Note that if this token is present in the .netrc file you really should make
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sure the file is not readable by anyone besides the user.
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## macdef <name>
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Define a macro. This feature is not supported by libcurl. In order for the
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rest of the .netrc to still work fine, libcurl properly skips every definition
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done with "macdef" that it finds.
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# DEFAULT
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CURL_NETRC_IGNORED
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# PROTOCOLS
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Most
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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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CURLcode ret;
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/");
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NETRC, CURL_NETRC_OPTIONAL);
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ret = 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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Always
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# RETURN VALUE
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Returns CURLE_OK
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