CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)        curl_easy_setopt options        CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_PASSWORD - password to use in authentication

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, char *pwd);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass a char * as parameter, which should be pointing to the null-
       terminated password to use for the transfer.

       The _PASSWORD&section=3">CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) option should be used in conjunction with the
       _USERNAME&section=3">CURLOPT_USERNAME(3) option.

       The application does not have to keep the string around after setting
       this option.

DEFAULT
       blank

PROTOCOLS
       Most

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");

         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, "qwerty");

         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);

         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.19.1

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if
       not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_USERPWD(3), CURLOPT_USERNAME(3),  CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3),
       CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH(3)

libcurl 7.77.0                 November 4, 2020            CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3)