SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, void *pointer);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a void * as parameter, pointing to data that should be associated with this curl handle. The pointer can subsequently be retrieved using curl_easy_getinfo(3) with the CURLINFO_PRIVATE option. libcurl itself never does nothing with this data.DEFAULT
NULLPROTOCOLS
AllEXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); struct private secrets; if(curl) { struct private *extracted; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com"); /* store a pointer to our private struct */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, &secrets); curl_easy_perform(curl); /* we can extract the private pointer again too */ curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, &extracted); }