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, "https://example.com");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL, 1L);
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in 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.