1---
2c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
3SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
4Title: curl_easy_option_by_name
5Section: 3
6Source: libcurl
7See-also:
8  - curl_easy_option_by_id (3)
9  - curl_easy_option_next (3)
10  - curl_easy_setopt (3)
11Protocol:
12  - All
13Added-in: 7.73.0
14---
15
16# NAME
17
18curl_easy_option_by_name - find an easy setopt option by name
19
20# SYNOPSIS
21
22~~~c
23#include <curl/curl.h>
24
25const struct curl_easyoption *curl_easy_option_by_name(const char *name);
26~~~
27
28# DESCRIPTION
29
30Given a **name**, this function returns a pointer to the
31*curl_easyoption* struct, holding information about the
32curl_easy_setopt(3) option using that name. The name should be specified
33without the "CURLOPT_" prefix and the name comparison is made case
34insensitive.
35
36If libcurl has no option with the given name, this function returns NULL.
37
38# %PROTOCOLS%
39
40# EXAMPLE
41
42~~~c
43int main(void)
44{
45  const struct curl_easyoption *opt = curl_easy_option_by_name("URL");
46  if(opt) {
47    printf("This option wants CURLoption %x\n", (int)opt->id);
48  }
49}
50~~~
51
52# %AVAILABILITY%
53
54# RETURN VALUE
55
56A pointer to the *curl_easyoption* struct for the option or NULL.
57