curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH.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_PROXYAUTH
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH (3)
- CURLOPT_PROXY (3)
- CURLOPT_PROXYPORT (3)
- CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE (3)
- CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD (3)
Protocol:
- All
Added-in: 7.10.7
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH - HTTP proxy authentication methods
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH, long bitmask);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter, which is set to a bitmask, to tell libcurl which
HTTP authentication method(s) you want it to use for your proxy
authentication. If more than one bit is set, libcurl first queries the site to
see what authentication methods it supports and then it picks the best one you
allow it to use. For some methods, this induces an extra network round-trip.
Set the actual name and password with the CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD(3)
option.
The bitmask can be constructed by the bits listed and described in the
CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3) man page.
# DEFAULT
CURLAUTH_BASIC
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode ret;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
/* use this proxy */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "http://local.example.com:1080");
/* allow whatever auth the proxy speaks */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY);
/* set the proxy credentials */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, "james:007");
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# HISTORY
**CURLAUTH_*** macros became `long` types in 7.26.0, 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).