curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL.md
Daniel Stenberg e3fe020089
docs/libcurl: generate PROTOCOLS from meta-data
Remove the PROTOCOLS section from the source files completely and
instead generate them based on the header data in the curldown files.

It also generates TLS backend information for options marked for TLS as
protocol.

Closes #13175
2024-03-23 18:13:03 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLINFO_PROTOCOL (3)
- CURLINFO_SCHEME (3)
- CURLOPT_URL (3)
Protocol:
- All
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL - default protocol to use if the URL is missing a
scheme name
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL,
char *protocol);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
This option tells libcurl to use *protocol* if the URL is missing a scheme
name.
Use one of these protocol (scheme) names:
dict, file, ftp, ftps, gopher, http, https, imap, imaps, ldap, ldaps, pop3,
pop3s, rtsp, scp, sftp, smb, smbs, smtp, smtps, telnet, tftp
An unknown or unsupported protocol causes error
*CURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL* when libcurl parses a URL without a
scheme. Parsing happens when curl_easy_perform(3) or
curl_multi_perform(3) is called. The protocol set supported by libcurl
vary depending on how it was built. Use curl_version_info(3) if you need
a list of protocol names supported by the build of libcurl that you are using.
This option does not change the default proxy protocol (http).
Without this option libcurl would make a guess based on the host, see
CURLOPT_URL(3) for details.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.
# DEFAULT
NULL (make a guess based on the host)
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
/* set a URL without a scheme */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "example.com");
/* set the default protocol (scheme) for schemeless URLs */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL, "https");
/* Perform the request */
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
~~~
# AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.45.0
# RETURN VALUE
CURLE_OK if the option is supported.
CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if the option is not supported.