CURLOPT_HEADERDATA(3)

NAME
CURLOPT_HEADERDATA - pointer to pass to header callback

SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, void *pointer);

DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to be used to write the header part of the received data to. If CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3) or CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION(3) is used, pointer will be passed in to the respective callback. If neither of those options are set, pointer must be a valid FILE * and it will be used by a plain fwrite() to write headers to. If you are using libcurl as a win32 DLL, you MUST use a CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3) or CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION(3) if you set this option or you will experience crashes.

DEFAULT
NULL

PROTOCOLS
All

EXAMPLE
struct my_info {
  int shoesize;
  char *secret;
};
static size_t header_callback(char *buffer, size_t size,
                              size_t nitems, void *userdata)
{
  struct my_info *i = (struct my_info *)userdata;
  /* now this callback can access the my_info struct */
  return nitems * size;
}
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  struct my_info my = { 10, "the cookies are in the cupboard" };
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, header_callback);
  /* pass in custom data to the callback */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, &my);
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY
Always

RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3),