curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS.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_REDIR_PROTOCOLS
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLINFO_SCHEME (3)
- CURLOPT_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL (3)
- CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS (3)
- CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS_STR (3)
Protocol:
- HTTP
Added-in: 7.19.4
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS - protocols allowed to redirect to
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS, long bitmask);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
This option is deprecated. We strongly recommend using
CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS_STR(3) instead because this option cannot
control all available protocols.
Pass a long that holds a bitmask of protocol bits. If used, this bitmask
limits what protocols libcurl may use in a transfer that it follows to in a
redirect when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3) is enabled. This allows you to limit
specific transfers to only be allowed to use a subset of protocols in
redirections.
Protocols denied by CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS(3) are not overridden by this
option.
By default libcurl allows HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS on redirect (7.65.2).
*CURLPROTO_ALL* enables all protocols on redirect, including those
otherwise disabled for security.
These are the available protocol defines:
~~~c
CURLPROTO_DICT
CURLPROTO_FILE
CURLPROTO_FTP
CURLPROTO_FTPS
CURLPROTO_GOPHER
CURLPROTO_HTTP
CURLPROTO_HTTPS
CURLPROTO_IMAP
CURLPROTO_IMAPS
CURLPROTO_LDAP
CURLPROTO_LDAPS
CURLPROTO_POP3
CURLPROTO_POP3S
CURLPROTO_RTMP
CURLPROTO_RTMPE
CURLPROTO_RTMPS
CURLPROTO_RTMPT
CURLPROTO_RTMPTE
CURLPROTO_RTMPTS
CURLPROTO_RTSP
CURLPROTO_SCP
CURLPROTO_SFTP
CURLPROTO_SMB
CURLPROTO_SMBS
CURLPROTO_SMTP
CURLPROTO_SMTPS
CURLPROTO_TELNET
CURLPROTO_TFTP
~~~
# DEFAULT
HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS (Added in 7.65.2).
Older versions defaulted to all protocols except FILE, SCP and since 7.40.0
SMB and SMBS.
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
/* pass in the URL from an external source */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, argv[1]);
/* only allow redirects to HTTP and HTTPS URLs */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS,
CURLPROTO_HTTP | CURLPROTO_HTTPS);
/* Perform the request */
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
~~~
# HISTORY
**CURLPROTO_*** macros became `long` types in 8.16.0, prior to this version
a `long` cast was necessary when passed to curl_easy_setopt(3).
# DEPRECATED
Deprecated since 7.85.0.
# %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).