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.TH CURLOPT_CURLU 3 "2026-06-24" libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_CURLU \- URL in URL handle format
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_CURLU, CURLU *pointer);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass in a pointer to the \fIURL\fP handle to work with. The parameter should be a
\fICURLU pointer\fP. Setting \fICURLOPT_CURLU(3)\fP explicitly overrides
\fICURLOPT_URL(3)\fP.

\fICURLOPT_URL(3)\fP or \fICURLOPT_CURLU(3)\fP \fBmust\fP be set before a
transfer is started.

libcurl uses this handle and its contents read\-only and does not change its
contents. An application can update the contents of the URL handle after a
transfer is done and if the same handle is used in a subsequent request the
updated contents is used.
.SH DEFAULT
NULL
.SH PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all supported protocols
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  CURLU *urlp = curl_url();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode result;
    CURLUcode ret;
    ret = curl_url_set(urlp, CURLUPART_URL, "https://example.com", 0);

    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CURLU, urlp);

    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);

    curl_url_cleanup(urlp);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.63.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
\fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non\-zero means an error occurred, see
\fIlibcurl\-errors(3)\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR CURLOPT_URL (3),
.BR curl_url (3),
.BR curl_url_cleanup (3),
.BR curl_url_dup (3),
.BR curl_url_get (3),
.BR curl_url_set (3),
.BR curl_url_strerror (3)