docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER.3

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.TH CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER 3 "May 05, 2017" "libcurl 7.58.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"

.SH NAME
CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER \- automatically update the referer header
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, long autorefer);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a parameter set to 1 to enable this. When enabled, libcurl will
automatically set the Referer: header field in HTTP requests where it follows
a Location: redirect.
.SH DEFAULT
0, disabled
.SH PROTOCOLS
HTTP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/foo.bin");

  /* follow redirects */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);

  /* set Referer: automatically when following redirects */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, 1L);

  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);

  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Along with HTTP
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_REFERER "(3), " CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION "(3), "