xref: /curl/docs/examples/httpcustomheader.c (revision 2bc1d775)
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24 /* <DESC>
25  * HTTP request with custom modified, removed and added headers
26  * </DESC>
27  */
28 #include <stdio.h>
29 #include <curl/curl.h>
30 
main(void)31 int main(void)
32 {
33   CURL *curl;
34   CURLcode res;
35 
36   curl = curl_easy_init();
37   if(curl) {
38     struct curl_slist *chunk = NULL;
39 
40     /* Remove a header curl would otherwise add by itself */
41     chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Accept:");
42 
43     /* Add a custom header */
44     chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Another: yes");
45 
46     /* Modify a header curl otherwise adds differently */
47     chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Host: example.com");
48 
49     /* Add a header with "blank" contents to the right of the colon. Note that
50        we are then using a semicolon in the string we pass to curl! */
51     chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "X-silly-header;");
52 
53     /* set our custom set of headers */
54     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, chunk);
55 
56     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "localhost");
57     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
58 
59     res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
60     /* Check for errors */
61     if(res != CURLE_OK)
62       fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
63               curl_easy_strerror(res));
64 
65     /* always cleanup */
66     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
67 
68     /* free the custom headers */
69     curl_slist_free_all(chunk);
70   }
71   return 0;
72 }
73