curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME.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_PROXYUSERNAME
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH (3)
- CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH (3)
- CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD (3)
- CURLOPT_USERNAME (3)
Protocol:
- All
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME - username to use for proxy authentication
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME,
char *username);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a char pointer as parameter, which should be pointing to the
null-terminated username to use for the transfer.
CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3) sets the username to be used in protocol
authentication with the proxy.
To specify the proxy password use the CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3).
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.
# DEFAULT
blank
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "http://localhost:8080");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME, "mrsmith");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD, "qwerty");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.19.1
# RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.