CURLOPT_USERNAME(3)        curl_easy_setopt options        CURLOPT_USERNAME(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_USERNAME - user name to use in authentication

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_USERNAME,
                                 char *username);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass a char * as parameter, which should be pointing to the zero termi-
       nated user name to use for the transfer.

       CURLOPT_USERNAME(3) sets the user name to be used in protocol authenti-
       cation.  You  should not use this option together with the (older) CUR-
       LOPT_USERPWD(3) option.

       When using Kerberos V5 authentication with a Windows based server,  you
       should  include the domain name in order for the server to successfully
       obtain a Kerberos Ticket. If you don't then the  initial  part  of  the
       authentication handshake may fail.

       When using NTLM, the user name can be specified simply as the user name
       without the domain name should the server be part of  a  single  domain
       and forest.

       To  include  the  domain  name  use either Down-Level Logon Name or UPN
       (User Principal Name) formats. For example, EXAMPLE\user and user@exam-
       ple.com respectively.

       Some  HTTP  servers  (on  Windows)  support inclusion of the domain for
       Basic authentication as well.

       To specify the password and login options, along with  the  user  name,
       use the CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3) and CURLOPT_LOGIN_OPTIONS(3) options.

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

DEFAULT
       blank

PROTOCOLS
       Most

EXAMPLE
       TODO

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.19.1

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is  supported,  CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION  if
       not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_USERPWD(3),   CURLOPT_PASSWORD(3),   CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3),  CUR-
       LOPT_PROXYAUTH(3)

libcurl 7.54.0                 December 21, 2016           CURLOPT_USERNAME(3)