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This is a table of available options for curl_easy_setopt().

Option	Purpose
`CURLOPT_ABSTRACT_UNIX_SOCKET`	abstract Unix domain socket
`CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING`	automatic decompression of HTTP downloads
`CURLOPT_ACCEPTTIMEOUT_MS`	timeout waiting for FTP server to connect back
`CURLOPT_ADDRESS_SCOPE`	scope id for IPv6 addresses
`CURLOPT_ALTSVC_CTRL`	control alt-svc behavior
`CURLOPT_ALTSVC`	alt-svc cache filename
`CURLOPT_APPEND`	append to the remote file
`CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER`	automatically update the referer header
`CURLOPT_AWS_SIGV4`	V4 signature
`CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE`	receive buffer size
`CURLOPT_CA_CACHE_TIMEOUT`	life-time for cached certificate stores
`CURLOPT_CAINFO_BLOB`	Certificate Authority (CA) bundle in PEM format
`CURLOPT_CAINFO`	path to Certificate Authority (CA) bundle
`CURLOPT_CAPATH`	directory holding CA certificates
`CURLOPT_CERTINFO`	request SSL certificate information
`CURLOPT_CHUNK_BGN_FUNCTION`	callback before a transfer with FTP wildcardmatch
`CURLOPT_CHUNK_DATA`	pointer passed to the FTP chunk callbacks
`CURLOPT_CHUNK_END_FUNCTION`	callback after a transfer with FTP wildcardmatch
`CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETDATA`	pointer passed to the socket close callback
`CURLOPT_CLOSESOCKETFUNCTION`	callback to socket close replacement
`CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY`	stop when connected to target server
`CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO`	connect to a specific host and port instead of the URL's host and port
`CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS`	timeout for the connect phase
`CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT`	timeout for the connect phase
`CURLOPT_CONV_FROM_NETWORK_FUNCTION`	convert data from network to host encoding
`CURLOPT_CONV_FROM_UTF8_FUNCTION`	convert data from UTF8 to host encoding
`CURLOPT_CONV_TO_NETWORK_FUNCTION`	convert data to network from host encoding
`CURLOPT_COOKIE`	HTTP Cookie header
`CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE`	filename to read cookies from
`CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR`	filename to store cookies to
`CURLOPT_COOKIELIST`	add to or manipulate cookies held in memory
`CURLOPT_COOKIESESSION`	start a new cookie session
`CURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS`	have libcurl copy data to POST
`CURLOPT_CRLF`	CRLF conversion
`CURLOPT_CRLFILE`	Certificate Revocation List file
`CURLOPT_CURLU`	URL in CURLU * format
`CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST`	custom request method
`CURLOPT_DEBUGDATA`	pointer passed to the debug callback
`CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION`	debug callback
`CURLOPT_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL`	default protocol to use if the URL is missing a
`CURLOPT_DIRLISTONLY`	ask for names only in a directory listing
`CURLOPT_DISALLOW_USERNAME_IN_URL`	disallow specifying username in the URL
`CURLOPT_DNS_CACHE_TIMEOUT`	life-time for DNS cache entries
`CURLOPT_DNS_INTERFACE`	interface to speak DNS over
`CURLOPT_DNS_LOCAL_IP4`	IPv4 address to bind DNS resolves to
`CURLOPT_DNS_LOCAL_IP6`	IPv6 address to bind DNS resolves to
`CURLOPT_DNS_SERVERS`	DNS servers to use
`CURLOPT_DNS_SHUFFLE_ADDRESSES`	shuffle IP addresses for hostname
`CURLOPT_DNS_USE_GLOBAL_CACHE`	global DNS cache
`CURLOPT_DOH_SSL_VERIFYHOST`	verify the hostname in the DoH SSL certificate
`CURLOPT_DOH_SSL_VERIFYPEER`	verify the DoH SSL certificate
`CURLOPT_DOH_SSL_VERIFYSTATUS`	verify the DoH SSL certificate's status
`CURLOPT_DOH_URL`	provide the DNS-over-HTTPS URL
`CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET`	EGD socket path
`CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER`	error buffer for error messages
`CURLOPT_EXPECT_100_TIMEOUT_MS`	timeout for Expect: 100-continue response
`CURLOPT_FAILONERROR`	request failure on HTTP response >= 400
`CURLOPT_FILETIME`	get the modification time of the remote resource
`CURLOPT_FNMATCH_DATA`	pointer passed to the fnmatch callback
`CURLOPT_FNMATCH_FUNCTION`	wildcard match callback
`CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION`	follow HTTP 3xx redirects
`CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE`	make connection get closed at once after use
`CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT`	force a new connection to be used
`CURLOPT_FTP_ACCOUNT`	account info for FTP
`CURLOPT_FTP_ALTERNATIVE_TO_USER`	command to use instead of USER with FTP
`CURLOPT_FTP_CREATE_MISSING_DIRS`	create missing dirs for FTP and SFTP
`CURLOPT_FTP_FILEMETHOD`	select directory traversing method for FTP
`CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT`	time allowed to wait for FTP response
`CURLOPT_FTP_SKIP_PASV_IP`	ignore the IP address in the PASV response
`CURLOPT_FTP_SSL_CCC`	switch off SSL again with FTP after auth
`CURLOPT_FTP_USE_EPRT`	use EPRT for FTP
`CURLOPT_FTP_USE_EPSV`	use EPSV for FTP
`CURLOPT_FTP_USE_PRET`	use PRET for FTP
`CURLOPT_FTPPORT`	make FTP transfer active
`CURLOPT_FTPSSLAUTH`	order in which to attempt TLS vs SSL
`CURLOPT_GSSAPI_DELEGATION`	allowed GSS-API delegation
`CURLOPT_HAPPY_EYEBALLS_TIMEOUT_MS`	head start for ipv6 for happy eyeballs
`CURLOPT_HAPROXY_CLIENT_IP`	set HAProxy PROXY protocol client IP
`CURLOPT_HAPROXYPROTOCOL`	send HAProxy PROXY protocol v1 header
`CURLOPT_HEADER`	pass headers to the data stream
`CURLOPT_HEADERDATA`	pointer to pass to header callback
`CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION`	callback that receives header data
`CURLOPT_HEADEROPT`	send HTTP headers to both proxy and host or separately
`CURLOPT_HSTS_CTRL`	control HSTS behavior
`CURLOPT_HSTS`	HSTS cache filename
`CURLOPT_HSTSREADDATA`	pointer passed to the HSTS read callback
`CURLOPT_HSTSREADFUNCTION`	read callback for HSTS hosts
`CURLOPT_HSTSWRITEDATA`	pointer passed to the HSTS write callback
`CURLOPT_HSTSWRITEFUNCTION`	write callback for HSTS hosts
`CURLOPT_HTTP09_ALLOWED`	allow HTTP/0.9 response
`CURLOPT_HTTP200ALIASES`	alternative matches for HTTP 200 OK
`CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING`	HTTP content decoding control
`CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING`	HTTP transfer decoding control
`CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION`	HTTP protocol version to use
`CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH`	HTTP server authentication methods to try
`CURLOPT_HTTPGET`	ask for an HTTP GET request
`CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER`	set of HTTP headers
`CURLOPT_HTTPPOST`	multipart formpost content
`CURLOPT_HTTPPROXYTUNNEL`	tunnel through HTTP proxy
`CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH`	ignore content length
`CURLOPT_INFILESIZE_LARGE`	size of the input file to send off
`CURLOPT_INFILESIZE`	size of the input file to send off
`CURLOPT_INTERFACE`	source interface for outgoing traffic
`CURLOPT_INTERLEAVEDATA`	pointer passed to RTSP interleave callback
`CURLOPT_INTERLEAVEFUNCTION`	callback for RTSP interleaved data
`CURLOPT_IOCTLDATA`	pointer passed to I/O callback
`CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION`	callback for I/O operations
`CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE`	IP protocol version to use
`CURLOPT_ISSUERCERT_BLOB`	issuer SSL certificate from memory blob
`CURLOPT_ISSUERCERT`	issuer SSL certificate filename
`CURLOPT_KEEP_SENDING_ON_ERROR`	keep sending on early HTTP response >= 300
`CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD`	passphrase to private key
`CURLOPT_KRBLEVEL`	FTP kerberos security level
`CURLOPT_LOCALPORT`	local port number to use for socket
`CURLOPT_LOCALPORTRANGE`	number of additional local ports to try
`CURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS`	login options
`CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT`	low speed limit in bytes per second
`CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME`	low speed limit time period
`CURLOPT_MAIL_AUTH`	SMTP authentication address
`CURLOPT_MAIL_FROM`	SMTP sender address
`CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT_ALLOWFAILS`	allow RCPT TO command to fail for some recipients
`CURLOPT_MAIL_RCPT`	list of SMTP mail recipients
`CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE`	rate limit data download speed
`CURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE`	rate limit data upload speed
`CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN`	max idle time allowed for reusing a connection
`CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS`	maximum connection cache size
`CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE`	maximum file size allowed to download
`CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE`	maximum file size allowed to download
`CURLOPT_MAXLIFETIME_CONN`	max lifetime (since creation) allowed for reusing a connection
`CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS`	maximum number of redirects allowed
`CURLOPT_MIME_OPTIONS`	set MIME option flags
`CURLOPT_MIMEPOST`	send data from mime structure
`CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE`	filename to read .netrc info from
`CURLOPT_NETRC`	enable use of .netrc
`CURLOPT_NEW_DIRECTORY_PERMS`	permissions for remotely created directories
`CURLOPT_NEW_FILE_PERMS`	permissions for remotely created files
`CURLOPT_NOBODY`	do the download request without getting the body
`CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS`	switch off the progress meter
`CURLOPT_NOPROXY`	disable proxy use for specific hosts
`CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL`	skip all signal handling
`CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETDATA`	pointer passed to open socket callback
`CURLOPT_OPENSOCKETFUNCTION`	callback for opening socket
`CURLOPT_PASSWORD`	password to use in authentication
`CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS`	do not handle dot dot sequences
`CURLOPT_PINNEDPUBLICKEY`	pinned public key
`CURLOPT_PIPEWAIT`	wait for pipelining/multiplexing
`CURLOPT_PORT`	remote port number to connect to
`CURLOPT_POST`	make an HTTP POST
`CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS`	data to POST to server
`CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE`	size of POST data pointed to
`CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE`	size of POST data pointed to
`CURLOPT_POSTQUOTE`	(S)FTP commands to run after the transfer
`CURLOPT_POSTREDIR`	how to act on an HTTP POST redirect
`CURLOPT_PRE_PROXY`	pre-proxy host to use
`CURLOPT_PREQUOTE`	commands to run before an FTP transfer
`CURLOPT_PREREQDATA`	pointer passed to the pre-request callback
`CURLOPT_PREREQFUNCTION`	user callback called when a connection has been
`CURLOPT_PRIVATE`	store a private pointer
`CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA`	pointer passed to the progress callback
`CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION`	progress meter callback
`CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS_STR`	allowed protocols
`CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS`	allowed protocols
`CURLOPT_PROXY_CAINFO_BLOB`	proxy Certificate Authority (CA) bundle in PEM format
`CURLOPT_PROXY_CAINFO`	path to proxy Certificate Authority (CA) bundle
`CURLOPT_PROXY_CAPATH`	directory holding HTTPS proxy CA certificates
`CURLOPT_PROXY_CRLFILE`	HTTPS proxy Certificate Revocation List file
`CURLOPT_PROXY_ISSUERCERT_BLOB`	proxy issuer SSL certificate from memory blob
`CURLOPT_PROXY_ISSUERCERT`	proxy issuer SSL certificate filename
`CURLOPT_PROXY_KEYPASSWD`	passphrase for the proxy private key
`CURLOPT_PROXY_PINNEDPUBLICKEY`	pinned public key for https proxy
`CURLOPT_PROXY_SERVICE_NAME`	proxy authentication service name
`CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_CIPHER_LIST`	ciphers to use for HTTPS proxy
`CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_OPTIONS`	HTTPS proxy SSL behavior options
`CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYHOST`	verify the proxy certificate's name against host
`CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER`	verify the proxy's SSL certificate
`CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLCERT_BLOB`	SSL proxy client certificate from memory blob
`CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLCERT`	HTTPS proxy client certificate
`CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLCERTTYPE`	type of the proxy client SSL certificate
`CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEY_BLOB`	private key for proxy cert from memory blob
`CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEY`	private keyfile for HTTPS proxy client cert
`CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLKEYTYPE`	type of the proxy private key file
`CURLOPT_PROXY_SSLVERSION`	preferred HTTPS proxy TLS version
`CURLOPT_PROXY_TLS13_CIPHERS`	ciphers suites for proxy TLS 1.3
`CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_PASSWORD`	password to use for proxy TLS authentication
`CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_TYPE`	HTTPS proxy TLS authentication methods
`CURLOPT_PROXY_TLSAUTH_USERNAME`	username to use for proxy TLS authentication
`CURLOPT_PROXY_TRANSFER_MODE`	append FTP transfer mode to URL for proxy
`CURLOPT_PROXY`	proxy to use
`CURLOPT_PROXYAUTH`	HTTP proxy authentication methods
`CURLOPT_PROXYHEADER`	set of HTTP headers to pass to proxy
`CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD`	password to use with proxy authentication
`CURLOPT_PROXYPORT`	port number the proxy listens on
`CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE`	proxy protocol type
`CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME`	username to use for proxy authentication
`CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD`	username and password to use for proxy authentication
`CURLOPT_PUT`	make an HTTP PUT request
`CURLOPT_QUICK_EXIT`	allow to exit quickly
`CURLOPT_QUOTE`	(S)FTP commands to run before transfer
`CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE`	file to read random data from
`CURLOPT_RANGE`	byte range to request
`CURLOPT_READDATA`	pointer passed to the read callback
`CURLOPT_READFUNCTION`	read callback for data uploads
`CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS_STR`	protocols allowed to redirect to
`CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS`	protocols allowed to redirect to
`CURLOPT_REFERER`	the HTTP referer header
`CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET`	alternative target for this request
`CURLOPT_RESOLVE`	provide custom hostname to IP address resolves
`CURLOPT_RESOLVER_START_DATA`	pointer passed to the resolver start callback
`CURLOPT_RESOLVER_START_FUNCTION`	callback called before a new name resolve is started
`CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM_LARGE`	offset to resume transfer from
`CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM`	offset to resume transfer from
`CURLOPT_RTSP_CLIENT_CSEQ`	RTSP client CSEQ number
`CURLOPT_RTSP_REQUEST`	RTSP request
`CURLOPT_RTSP_SERVER_CSEQ`	RTSP server CSEQ number
`CURLOPT_RTSP_SESSION_ID`	RTSP session ID
`CURLOPT_RTSP_STREAM_URI`	RTSP stream URI
`CURLOPT_RTSP_TRANSPORT`	RTSP Transport: header
`CURLOPT_SASL_AUTHZID`	authorization identity (identity to act as)
`CURLOPT_SASL_IR`	send initial response in first packet
`CURLOPT_SEEKDATA`	pointer passed to the seek callback
`CURLOPT_SEEKFUNCTION`	user callback for seeking in input stream
`CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT`	time in seconds allowed to wait for server response
`CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_MS`	time in milliseconds allowed to wait for server response
`CURLOPT_SERVICE_NAME`	authentication service name
`CURLOPT_SHARE`	share handle to use
`CURLOPT_SOCKOPTDATA`	pointer to pass to sockopt callback
`CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION`	callback for setting socket options
`CURLOPT_SOCKS5_AUTH`	methods for SOCKS5 proxy authentication
`CURLOPT_SOCKS5_GSSAPI_NEC`	socks proxy gssapi negotiation protection
`CURLOPT_SOCKS5_GSSAPI_SERVICE`	SOCKS5 proxy authentication service name
`CURLOPT_SSH_AUTH_TYPES`	auth types for SFTP and SCP
`CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION`	enable SSH compression
`CURLOPT_SSH_HOST_PUBLIC_KEY_MD5`	MD5 checksum of SSH server public key
`CURLOPT_SSH_HOST_PUBLIC_KEY_SHA256`	SHA256 hash of SSH server public key
`CURLOPT_SSH_HOSTKEYDATA`	pointer to pass to the SSH host key callback
`CURLOPT_SSH_HOSTKEYFUNCTION`	callback to check host key
`CURLOPT_SSH_KEYDATA`	pointer passed to the SSH key callback
`CURLOPT_SSH_KEYFUNCTION`	callback for known host matching logic
`CURLOPT_SSH_KNOWNHOSTS`	filename holding the SSH known hosts
`CURLOPT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEYFILE`	private key file for SSH auth
`CURLOPT_SSH_PUBLIC_KEYFILE`	public key file for SSH auth
`CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST`	ciphers to use for TLS
`CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_DATA`	pointer passed to ssl_ctx callback
`CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION`	SSL context callback for OpenSSL, wolfSSL or mbedTLS
`CURLOPT_SSL_EC_CURVES`	key exchange curves
`CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_ALPN`	Application Layer Protocol Negotiation
`CURLOPT_SSL_ENABLE_NPN`	use NPN
`CURLOPT_SSL_FALSESTART`	TLS false start
`CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS`	SSL behavior options
`CURLOPT_SSL_SESSIONID_CACHE`	use the SSL session-ID cache
`CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST`	verify the certificate's name against host
`CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER`	verify the peer's SSL certificate
`CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYSTATUS`	verify the certificate's status
`CURLOPT_SSLCERT_BLOB`	SSL client certificate from memory blob
`CURLOPT_SSLCERT`	SSL client certificate
`CURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE`	type of client SSL certificate
`CURLOPT_SSLENGINE_DEFAULT`	make SSL engine default
`CURLOPT_SSLENGINE`	SSL engine identifier
`CURLOPT_SSLKEY_BLOB`	private key for client cert from memory blob
`CURLOPT_SSLKEY`	private keyfile for TLS and SSL client cert
`CURLOPT_SSLKEYTYPE`	type of the private key file
`CURLOPT_SSLVERSION`	preferred TLS/SSL version
`CURLOPT_STDERR`	redirect stderr to another stream
`CURLOPT_STREAM_DEPENDS_E`	stream this transfer depends on exclusively
`CURLOPT_STREAM_DEPENDS`	stream this transfer depends on
`CURLOPT_STREAM_WEIGHT`	numerical stream weight
`CURLOPT_SUPPRESS_CONNECT_HEADERS`	suppress proxy CONNECT response headers from user callbacks
`CURLOPT_TCP_FASTOPEN`	TCP Fast Open
`CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE`	TCP keep-alive probing
`CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE`	TCP keep-alive idle time wait
`CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL`	TCP keep-alive interval
`CURLOPT_TCP_NODELAY`	the TCP_NODELAY option
`CURLOPT_TELNETOPTIONS`	set of telnet options
`CURLOPT_TFTP_BLKSIZE`	TFTP block size
`CURLOPT_TFTP_NO_OPTIONS`	send no TFTP options requests
`CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION`	select condition for a time request
`CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS`	maximum time the transfer is allowed to complete
`CURLOPT_TIMEOUT`	maximum time the transfer is allowed to complete
`CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE_LARGE`	time value for conditional
`CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE`	time value for conditional
`CURLOPT_TLS13_CIPHERS`	ciphers suites to use for TLS 1.3
`CURLOPT_TLSAUTH_PASSWORD`	password to use for TLS authentication
`CURLOPT_TLSAUTH_TYPE`	TLS authentication methods
`CURLOPT_TLSAUTH_USERNAME`	username to use for TLS authentication
`CURLOPT_TRAILERDATA`	pointer passed to trailing headers callback
`CURLOPT_TRAILERFUNCTION`	callback for sending trailing headers
`CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING`	ask for HTTP Transfer Encoding
`CURLOPT_TRANSFERTEXT`	request a text based transfer for FTP
`CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH`	Unix domain socket
`CURLOPT_UNRESTRICTED_AUTH`	send credentials to other hosts too
`CURLOPT_UPKEEP_INTERVAL_MS`	connection upkeep interval
`CURLOPT_UPLOAD_BUFFERSIZE`	upload buffer size
`CURLOPT_UPLOAD`	data upload
`CURLOPT_URL`	URL for this transfer
`CURLOPT_USE_SSL`	request using SSL / TLS for the transfer
`CURLOPT_USERAGENT`	HTTP user-agent header
`CURLOPT_USERNAME`	username to use in authentication
`CURLOPT_USERPWD`	username and password to use in authentication
`CURLOPT_VERBOSE`	verbose mode
`CURLOPT_WILDCARDMATCH`	directory wildcard transfers
`CURLOPT_WRITEDATA`	pointer passed to the write callback
`CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION`	callback for writing received data
`CURLOPT_WS_OPTIONS`	WebSocket behavior options
`CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA`	pointer passed to the progress callback
`CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION`	progress meter callback
`CURLOPT_XOAUTH2_BEARER`	OAuth 2.0 access token

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