curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_WS_OPTIONS.md
Viktor Szakats d01d2ec9f1
docs: add CURLOPT type change history, drop casts where present
Some CURLOPT constants defined in the curl public headers were initially
enums (= ints), or macros with bare numeric values. Recent curl releases
upgraded them to `long` constants, to make them pass correctly to
`curl_easy_setop()` by default, i.e. without requiring a `(long)` cast.

This patch drops such casts from the examples embedded in the docs. At
the same time it documents which curl release made them `long` types,
to keep them useful when working with previous libcurl versions.

Also:
- drop a `(long)` cast that was never necessary.
- CURLOPT_ALTSVC_CTRL.md: bump local copy of macros to long.
- test1119: make it ignore symbols ending with an underscore, to skip
  wildcard, e.g. `**CURLAUTH_***`.

Closes #18130
2025-08-02 00:05:33 +02:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_WS_OPTIONS
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY (3)
- curl_ws_recv (3)
- curl_ws_send (3)
Protocol:
- WS
Added-in: 7.86.0
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_WS_OPTIONS - WebSocket behavior options
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_WS_OPTIONS, long bitmask);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a long with a bitmask to tell libcurl about specific WebSocket
behaviors.
To detach a WebSocket connection and use the curl_ws_send(3) and
curl_ws_recv(3) functions after the HTTP upgrade procedure, set the
CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY(3) option to 2L.
Available bits in the bitmask
## CURLWS_RAW_MODE (1)
Deliver "raw" WebSocket traffic to the CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3)
callback.
In raw mode, libcurl does not handle pings or any other frame for the
application.
## CURLWS_NOAUTOPONG (2)
Disable the automatic reply to PING messages. This means users must
send a PONG message with curl_ws_send(3). This feature is added with
version 8.14.0.
# DEFAULT
0
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ws://example.com/");
/* tell curl we deal with all the WebSocket magic ourselves */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WS_OPTIONS, CURLWS_RAW_MODE);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# HISTORY
**CURLWS_RAW_MODE** and **CURLWS_NOAUTOPONG** macros became `long` types
in 8.16.0, prior to this version a `long` cast was necessary when passed
to curl_easy_setopt(3).
# %AVAILABILITY%
# RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.
CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see
libcurl-errors(3).