---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: curl_slist_append
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
  - curl_slist_free_all (3)
Protocol:
  - All
Added-in: 7.1
---

# NAME

curl_slist_append - add a string to an slist

# SYNOPSIS

~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>

struct curl_slist *curl_slist_append(struct curl_slist *list,
                                     const char *string);
~~~

# DESCRIPTION

curl_slist_append(3) appends a string to a linked list of strings. The
existing **list** should be passed as the first argument and the new list is
returned from this function. Pass in NULL in the **list** argument to create a
new list. The specified **string** has been appended when this function
returns. curl_slist_append(3) copies the string. The **string** argument must
be a valid string pointer and cannot be NULL.

The list should be freed (after usage) with curl_slist_free_all(3).
Its nodes and pointed content may not be altered outside this function.

# %PROTOCOLS%

# EXAMPLE

~~~c
int main(void)
{
  CURL *handle = curl_easy_init();
  struct curl_slist *slist = NULL;
  struct curl_slist *temp = NULL;

  slist = curl_slist_append(slist, "pragma:");

  if(!slist)
    return -1;

  temp = curl_slist_append(slist, "Accept:");

  if(!temp) {
    curl_slist_free_all(slist);
    return -1;
  }

  slist = temp;

  curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, slist);

  curl_easy_perform(handle);

  curl_slist_free_all(slist); /* free the list again */
}
~~~

# %AVAILABILITY%

# RETURN VALUE

A null pointer is returned if anything went wrong, otherwise the new list
pointer is returned. To avoid overwriting an existing non-empty list on
failure, the new list should be returned to a temporary variable which can
be tested for NULL before updating the original list pointer.