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.TH CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD 3 "September 26, 2023" "ibcurl 8.4.0" libcurl

.SH NAME
CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD \- password to use with proxy authentication
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD, char *pwd);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a char * as parameter, which should be pointing to the null-terminated
password to use for authentication with the proxy.

The \fICURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD(3)\fP option should be used in conjunction with
the \fICURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME(3)\fP option.

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.
.SH DEFAULT
blank
.SH PROTOCOLS
Most
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  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");
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.19.1
.SH 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.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH (3),
.BR CURLOPT_PASSWORD (3),
.BR CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH (3),
.BR CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME (3)
