curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HSTS_CTRL.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_HSTS_CTRL
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
Protocol:
- HTTP
See-also:
- CURLOPT_ALTSVC (3)
- CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO (3)
- CURLOPT_HSTS (3)
- CURLOPT_RESOLVE (3)
Added-in: 7.74.0
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_HSTS_CTRL - control HSTS behavior
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
#define CURLHSTS_ENABLE (1L<<0)
#define CURLHSTS_READONLYFILE (1L<<1)
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HSTS_CTRL, long bitmask);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) means that an HTTPS server can instruct
the client to not contact it again over clear-text HTTP for a certain period
into the future. libcurl then automatically redirects HTTP attempts to such
hosts to instead use HTTPS. This is done by libcurl retaining this knowledge
in an in-memory cache.
Populate the long *bitmask* with the correct set of features to instruct
libcurl how to handle HSTS for the transfers using this handle.
# BITS
## CURLHSTS_ENABLE
Enable the in-memory HSTS cache for this handle.
## CURLHSTS_READONLYFILE
Make the HSTS file (if specified) read-only - makes libcurl not save the cache
to the file when closing the handle.
# DEFAULT
0
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HSTS_CTRL, CURLHSTS_ENABLE);
curl_easy_perform(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).