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CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE

Section: curl_easy_setopt options (3)
Updated: May 31, 2017
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NAME

CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE - set scope for local IPv6 addresses

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE, long scope);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a long specifying the scope_id value to use when connecting to IPv6 link-local or site-local addresses.

DEFAULT

PROTOCOLS

All, when using IPv6

EXAMPLE

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  CURLcode ret;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
  /* 0x2 link-local
     0x5 site-local
     0x8 organization-local
     0xe global ... */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE, 0xEL);
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.19.0

RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.