CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH - HTTP server authentication methods to try
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, long bitmask);
Pass a long as parameter, which is set to a bitmask, to tell libcurl which
authentication method(s) you want it to use speaking to the remote server.
The available bits are listed below. If more than one bit is set, libcurl will
first query the site to see which authentication methods it supports and then
pick the best one you allow it to use. For some methods, this will induce an
extra network round-trip. Set the actual name and password with the
CURLOPT_USERPWD(3) option or with the
CURLOPT_USERNAME(3) and
the
CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) options.
For authentication with a proxy, see
CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3).
- CURLAUTH_BASIC
- HTTP Basic authentication. This is the default choice, and
the only method that is in wide-spread use and supported virtually
everywhere. This sends the user name and password over the network in
plain text, easily captured by others.
- CURLAUTH_DIGEST
- HTTP Digest authentication. Digest authentication is
defined in RFC2617 and is a more secure way to do authentication over
public networks than the regular old-fashioned Basic method.
- CURLAUTH_DIGEST_IE
- HTTP Digest authentication with an IE flavor. Digest
authentication is defined in RFC2617 and is a more secure way to do
authentication over public networks than the regular old-fashioned Basic
method. The IE flavor is simply that libcurl will use a special
"quirk" that IE is known to have used before version 7 and that
some servers require the client to use.
- CURLAUTH_BEARER
- HTTP Bearer token authentication, used primarily in OAuth
2.0 protocol.
You can set the Bearer token to use with
CURLOPT_XOAUTH2_BEARER(3).
- CURLAUTH_NEGOTIATE
- HTTP Negotiate (SPNEGO) authentication. Negotiate
authentication is defined in RFC 4559 and is the most secure way to
perform authentication over HTTP.
You need to build libcurl with a suitable GSS-API library or SSPI on Windows
for this to work.
- CURLAUTH_NTLM
- HTTP NTLM authentication. A proprietary protocol invented
and used by Microsoft. It uses a challenge-response and hash concept
similar to Digest, to prevent the password from being eavesdropped.
You need to build libcurl with either OpenSSL, GnuTLS or NSS support for
this option to work, or build libcurl on Windows with SSPI support.
- CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB
- NTLM delegating to winbind helper. Authentication is
performed by a separate binary application that is executed when needed.
The name of the application is specified at compile time but is typically
/usr/bin/ntlm_auth.
Note that libcurl will fork when necessary to run the winbind application
and kill it when complete, calling waitpid() to await its exit when
done. On POSIX operating systems, killing the process will cause a SIGCHLD
signal to be raised (regardless of whether CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL(3) is
set), which must be handled intelligently by the application. In
particular, the application must not unconditionally call wait() in its
SIGCHLD signal handler to avoid being subject to a race condition. This
behavior is subject to change in future versions of libcurl.
- CURLAUTH_ANY
- This is a convenience macro that sets all bits and thus
makes libcurl pick any it finds suitable. libcurl will automatically
select the one it finds most secure.
- CURLAUTH_ANYSAFE
- This is a convenience macro that sets all bits except Basic
and thus makes libcurl pick any it finds suitable. libcurl will
automatically select the one it finds most secure.
- CURLAUTH_ONLY
- This is a meta symbol. OR this value together with a single
specific auth value to force libcurl to probe for unrestricted auth and if
not, only that single auth algorithm is acceptable.
- CURLAUTH_AWS_SIGV4
- provides AWS V4 signature authentication on HTTPS header
see CURLOPT_AWS_SIGV4(3).
CURLAUTH_BASIC
HTTP
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode ret;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
/* allow whatever auth the server speaks */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, (long)CURLAUTH_ANY);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "james:bond");
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
Option Added in 7.10.6.
CURLAUTH_DIGEST_IE was added in 7.19.3
CURLAUTH_ONLY was added in 7.21.3
CURLAUTH_NTLM_WB was added in 7.22.0
CURLAUTH_BEARER was added in 7.61.0
CURLAUTH_AWS_SIGV4 was added in 7.74.0
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN if the bitmask specified no supported authentication
methods.
CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3),
CURLOPT_USERPWD(3),