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CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE explained

Name

CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE - scope id for 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 addresses.

Default

Protocols

This functionality affects all supported protocols

Example

 #include <net/if.h> /* for if_nametoindex() */   int main(void) {   CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();   if(curl) {   CURLcode result;   long my_scope_id;   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");   my_scope_id = if_nametoindex("eth0");   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE, my_scope_id);   result = curl_easy_perform(curl);   curl_easy_cleanup(curl);   } }

Availability

Added in curl 7.19.0

Return value

curl_easy_setopt returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors. Returns CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT if set to a negative value.