CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO(3)      curl_easy_setopt options      CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO - Connect to a specific host and port instead of the
       URL's host and port

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO,
                                 struct curl_slist *connect_to);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass a pointer to a linked list of strings with "connect to"
       information to use for establishing network connections with this
       handle. The linked list should be a fully valid list of struct
       curl_slist structs properly filled in. Use _slist_append&section=3">curl_slist_append(3) to
       create the list and _slist_free_all&section=3">curl_slist_free_all(3) to clean up an entire list.

       Each single string should be written using the format
       HOST:PORT:CONNECT-TO-HOST:CONNECT-TO-PORT where HOST is the host of the
       request, PORT is the port of the request, CONNECT-TO-HOST is the host
       name to connect to, and CONNECT-TO-PORT is the port to connect to.

       The first string that matches the request's host and port is used.

       Dotted numerical IP addresses are supported for HOST and CONNECT-TO-
       HOST.  A numerical IPv6 address must be written within [brackets].

       Any of the four values may be empty. When the HOST or PORT is empty,
       the host or port will always match (the request's host or port is
       ignored).  When CONNECT-TO-HOST or CONNECT-TO-PORT is empty, the
       "connect to" feature will be disabled for the host or port, and the
       request's host or port will be used to establish the network
       connection.

       This option is suitable to direct the request at a specific server,
       e.g. at a specific cluster node in a cluster of servers.

       The "connect to" host and port are only used to establish the network
       connection. They do NOT affect the host and port that are used for
       TLS/SSL (e.g. SNI, certificate verification) or for the application
       protocols.

       In contrast to _RESOLVE&section=3">CURLOPT_RESOLVE(3), the option _CONNECT_TO&section=3">CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO(3)
       does not pre-populate the DNS cache and therefore it does not affect
       future transfers of other easy handles that have been added to the same
       multi handle.

       The "connect to" host and port are ignored if they are equal to the
       host and the port in the request URL, because connecting to the host
       and the port in the request URL is the default behavior.

       If an HTTP proxy is used for a request having a special "connect to"
       host or port, and the "connect to" host or port differs from the
       request's host and port, the HTTP proxy is automatically switched to
       tunnel mode for this specific request. This is necessary because it is
       not possible to connect to a specific host or port in normal (non-
       tunnel) mode.

       When this option is passed to _easy_setopt&section=3">curl_easy_setopt(3), libcurl will not
       copy the entire list so you must keep it around until you no longer use
       this handle for a transfer before you call _slist_free_all&section=3">curl_slist_free_all(3) on
       the list.

DEFAULT
       NULL

PROTOCOLS
       All

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl;
       struct curl_slist *connect_to = NULL;
       connect_to = curl_slist_append(NULL, "example.com::server1.example.com:");

       curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO, connect_to);
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

         curl_easy_perform(curl);

         /* always cleanup */
         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

       curl_slist_free_all(connect_to);

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.49.0

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

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_URL(3), CURLOPT_RESOLVE(3), CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3),
       CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL(3),

libcurl 7.77.0                 November 4, 2020          CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO(3)