CURLOPT_COOKIE(3)          curl_easy_setopt options          CURLOPT_COOKIE(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_COOKIE - set contents of HTTP Cookie header

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_COOKIE, char *cookie);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass  a  pointer  to  a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be
       used to set a cookie in the HTTP request.  The  format  of  the  string
       should  be NAME=CONTENTS, where NAME is the cookie name and CONTENTS is
       what the cookie should contain.

       If you need to set multiple cookies, set them all using a single option
       concatenated like this: "name1=content1; name2=content2;" etc.

       This   option  sets  the  cookie  header  explicitly  in  the  outgoing
       request(s). If multiple requests are done due to  authentication,  fol-
       lowed redirections or similar, they will all get this cookie passed on.

       The cookies set by this option are separate from  the  internal  cookie
       storage  held  by  the cookie engine and will not be modified by it. If
       you enable the cookie engine and either you've imported a cookie of the
       same  name  (e.g.  'foo')  or  the  server has set one, it will have no
       effect on the cookies you set here.  A request to the server will  send
       both  the  'foo'  held  by the cookie engine and the 'foo' held by this
       option. To set a cookie that is instead held by the cookie  engine  and
       can be modified by the server use CURLOPT_COOKIELIST(3).

       Using this option multiple times will only make the latest string over-
       ride the previous ones.

       This option will  not  enable  the  cookie  engine.  Use  CURLOPT_COOK-
       IEFILE(3) or CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR(3) to enable parsing and sending cookies
       automatically.

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

DEFAULT
       NULL, no cookies

PROTOCOLS
       HTTP

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");

         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIE, "tool=curl; fun=yes;");

         curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       If HTTP is enabled

RETURN VALUE
       Returns  CURLE_OK  if  HTTP is enabled, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
       CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE(3),   CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR(3),   CURLOPT_COOKIELIST(3),
       CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3),

libcurl 7.54.0                 December 21, 2016             CURLOPT_COOKIE(3)