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.TH CURLOPT_REFERER 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_REFERER \- the HTTP referer header
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REFERER, char *where);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string as parameter. It will be used to
set the Referer: header in the http request sent to the remote server. This
can be used to fool servers or scripts. You can also set any custom header
with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3)\fP.

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.
.SH DEFAULT
NULL
.SH PROTOCOLS
HTTP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

  /* tell it where we found the link to this place */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REFERER, "https://example.com/aboutme.html");

  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
If built with HTTP support
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP support is enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_USERAGENT "(3), " CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER "(3), "
.BR CURLINFO_REFERER "(3), "