---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
  - CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST (3)
  - CURLOPT_HTTPGET (3)
  - CURLOPT_PATH_AS_IS (3)
  - CURLOPT_URL (3)
Protocol:
  - HTTP
Added-in: 7.55.0
---

# NAME

CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET - alternative target for this request

# SYNOPSIS

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

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, string);
~~~

# DESCRIPTION

Pass a char pointer to string which libcurl uses in the upcoming request
instead of the path as extracted from the URL.

libcurl passes on the verbatim string in its request without any filter or
other safe guards. That includes white space and control characters.

Using this option multiple times makes the last set string override the
previous ones. Set it to NULL to disable its use again.

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
option.

# DEFAULT

NULL

# %PROTOCOLS%

# EXAMPLE

~~~c
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/*");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "OPTIONS");

    /* issue an OPTIONS * request (no leading slash) */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET, "*");

    /* Perform the request */
    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}
~~~

# %AVAILABILITY%

# RETURN VALUE

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).