CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE(3) Introduction to Library Functions CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE(3)

CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE - scope id for IPv6 addresses

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE, long scope);

Pass a long specifying the scope id value to use when connecting to IPv6 addresses.

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This functionality affects all supported protocols

#include <net/if.h> /* for if_nametoindex() */
int main(void)
{


  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();


  if(curl) {


    CURLcode ret;


    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);


    ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);


    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);


  }
}

Added in curl 7.19.0

curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3). Returns CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT if set to a negative value.

CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_STDERR(3)

2025-02-08 libcurl