curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HEADEROPT.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_HEADEROPT
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
Protocol:
- HTTP
See-also:
- CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER (3)
- CURLOPT_PROXYHEADER (3)
Added-in: 7.37.0
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_HEADEROPT - send HTTP headers to both proxy and host or separately
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HEADEROPT, long bitmask);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a long that is a bitmask of options of how to deal with headers. The two
mutually exclusive options are:
**CURLHEADER_UNIFIED** - the headers specified in
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3) are used in requests both to servers and
proxies. With this option enabled, CURLOPT_PROXYHEADER(3) does not have
any effect.
**CURLHEADER_SEPARATE** - makes CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3) headers only get
sent to a server and not to a proxy. Proxy headers must be set with
CURLOPT_PROXYHEADER(3) to get used. Note that if a non-CONNECT request
is sent to a proxy, libcurl sends both server headers and proxy headers. When
doing CONNECT, libcurl sends CURLOPT_PROXYHEADER(3) headers only to the
proxy and then CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3) headers only to the server.
# DEFAULT
CURLHEADER_SEPARATE (changed in 7.42.1, used CURLHEADER_UNIFIED before then)
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode ret;
struct curl_slist *list;
list = curl_slist_append(NULL, "Shoesize: 10");
list = curl_slist_append(list, "Accept:");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "http://localhost:8080");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, list);
/* HTTPS over a proxy makes a separate CONNECT to the proxy, so tell
libcurl to not send the custom headers to the proxy. Keep them
separate. */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADEROPT, CURLHEADER_SEPARATE);
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_slist_free_all(list);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# HISTORY
**CURLHEADER_*** 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).