curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET.md
Daniel Stenberg 54ded66618
docs/libcurl: improve easy setopt examples
- always assign the curl_easy_perform() return code (and declare
  the necessary 'result' variable for it)

- always call curl_easy_cleanup() on the created easy handles

Closes #21364
2026-04-18 23:34:39 +02:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH (3)
- unix (7)
Protocol:
- All
Added-in: 7.53.0
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET - abstract Unix domain socket
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET,
char *path);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Enables the use of an abstract Unix domain socket instead of establishing a
TCP connection to a host. The parameter should be a char * to a
null-terminated string holding the path of the socket. The path is set to
*path* prefixed by a NULL byte. This is the convention for abstract
sockets, however it should be stressed that the path passed to this function
should not contain a leading NULL byte.
On non-supporting platforms, the abstract address is interpreted as an empty
string and fails gracefully, generating a runtime error.
This option shares the same semantics as CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH(3) in
which documentation more details can be found. Internally, these two options
share the same storage and therefore only one of them can be set per handle.
# DEFAULT
NULL
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode result;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET, "/tmp/foo.sock");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://localhost/");
/* Perform the request */
result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# %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).