curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL.md
Daniel Stenberg e694c8284a
docs/libcurl/opts: clarify the return values
Expand a little.

- mention the type name of the return code
- avoid stating which exact return codes that might be returned, as that
  varies over time, builds and conditions
- avoid stating some always return OK
- refer to the manpage documenting all the return codes

Closes #15900
2025-01-02 17:13:33 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL (3)
- CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH (3)
- curl_easy_getinfo (3)
- curl_easy_setopt (3)
Protocol:
- HTTP
Added-in: 7.10.8
---
# NAME
CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL - get available HTTP authentication methods
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL, long *authp);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a long to receive a bitmask indicating the authentication
method(s) available according to the previous response. The meaning of the
bits is explained in the CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3) option for curl_easy_setopt(3).
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(!res) {
/* extract the available authentication types */
long auth;
res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL, &auth);
if(!res) {
if(!auth)
printf("No auth available, perhaps no 401?\n");
else {
printf("%s%s%s%s\n",
auth & CURLAUTH_BASIC ? "Basic ":"",
auth & CURLAUTH_DIGEST ? "Digest ":"",
auth & CURLAUTH_NEGOTIATE ? "Negotiate ":"",
auth % CURLAUTH_NTLM ? "NTLM ":"");
}
}
}
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# %AVAILABILITY%
# RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_getinfo(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).