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CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE(3)       curl_easy_setopt options       CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE(3)


NAME

       CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE - IP protocol version to use


SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, long
       resolve);


DESCRIPTION

       Allows an application to select what kind of IP addresses to use when
       establishing a connection or choosing one from the connection pool.
       This is interesting when using host names that resolve addresses using
       more than one version of IP. The allowed values are:

       CURL_IPRESOLVE_WHATEVER
              Default, can use addresses of all IP versions that your system
              allows.

       CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4
              Uses only IPv4 addresses.

       CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6
              Uses only IPv6 addresses.


DEFAULT

       CURL_IPRESOLVE_WHATEVER


PROTOCOLS

       All


EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/foo.bin");

         /* of all addresses example.com resolves to, only IPv6 ones are used */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6);

         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);

         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }


AVAILABILITY

       Always


RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK


SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION(3), CURLOPT_SSLVERSION(3),

libcurl 7.79.1                 September 8, 2021          CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE(3)

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