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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_REFERER.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_REFERER.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..72331e56a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/GNURLOPT_REFERER.3 @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +.\" ************************************************************************** +.\" * _ _ ____ _ +.\" * Project ___| | | | _ \| | +.\" * / __| | | | |_) | | +.\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ +.\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| +.\" * +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * +.\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which +.\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms +.\" * are also available at https://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html. +.\" * +.\" * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell +.\" * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is +.\" * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file. +.\" * +.\" * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY +.\" * KIND, either express or implied. +.\" * +.\" ************************************************************************** +.\" +.TH GNURLOPT_REFERER 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options" +.SH NAME +CURLOPT_REFERER \- set the HTTP referer header +.SH SYNOPSIS +#include <gnurl/curl.h> + +CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REFERER, char *where); +.SH DESCRIPTION +Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be used to +set the Referer: header in the http request sent to the remote server. This +can be used to fool servers or scripts. You can also set any custom header +with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3)\fP. + +The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this +option. +.SH DEFAULT +NULL +.SH PROTOCOLS +HTTP +.SH EXAMPLE +.nf +CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); +if(curl) { + curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com"); + + /* tell it where we found the link to this place */ + curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, "http://example.com/aboutme.html"); + + curl_easy_perform(curl); +} +.fi +.SH AVAILABILITY +If built with HTTP support +.SH RETURN VALUE +Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP support is enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or +CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR CURLOPT_USERAGENT "(3), " CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER "(3), " |