CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL(3)

NAME
CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL - disallow specifying username in the url

SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL, long disallow);

DESCRIPTION
A long parameter set to 1 tells the library to not allow URLs that include a username.

DEFAULT
0 (disabled) - user names are allowed by default.

PROTOCOLS
Several

EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL, 1L);
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY
Added in libcurl 7.61.0

RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. curl_easy_perform() will return CURLE_LOGIN_DENIED if this option is enabled and a URL containing a username is specified.

SEE ALSO
libcurl-security(3), ,CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS(3)