curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION.3

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.TH CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION \- SSL context callback for OpenSSL or wolfSSL/CyaSSL
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode ssl_ctx_callback(CURL *curl, void *ssl_ctx, void *userptr);

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION,
                          ssl_ctx_callback);
.SH DESCRIPTION
This option only works for libcurl powered by OpenSSL or wolfSSL/CyaSSL. If
libcurl was built against another SSL library this functionality is absent.

Pass a pointer to your callback function, which should match the prototype
shown above.

This callback function gets called by libcurl just before the initialization
of an SSL connection after having processed all other SSL related options to
give a last chance to an application to modify the behaviour of the SSL
initialization. The \fIssl_ctx\fP parameter is actually a pointer to the SSL
library's \fISSL_CTX\fP. If an error is returned from the callback no attempt
to establish a connection is made and the perform operation will return the
callback's error code. Set the \fIuserptr\fP argument with the
\fICURLOPT_SSL_CTX_DATA(3)\fP option.

This function will get called on all new connections made to a server, during
the SSL negotiation. The SSL_CTX pointer will be a new one every time.

To use this properly, a non-trivial amount of knowledge of your SSL library is
necessary. For example, you can use this function to call library-specific
callbacks to add additional validation code for certificates, and even to
change the actual URI of a HTTPS request.
.SH DEFAULT
NULL
.SH PROTOCOLS
All TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
/* OpenSSL specific */

#include <openssl/ssl.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
#include <stdio.h>

static CURLcode sslctx_function(CURL *curl, void *sslctx, void *parm)
{
  X509_STORE *store;
  X509 *cert=NULL;
  BIO *bio;
  char *mypem = /* example CA cert PEM - shortened */
    "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n"
    "MIIHPTCCBSWgAwIBAgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFADB5MRAwDgYDVQQKEwdSb290\n"
    "IENBMR4wHAYDVQQLExVodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNhY2VydC5vcmcxIjAgBgNVBAMTGUNB\n"
    "IENlcnQgU2lnbmluZyBBdXRob3JpdHkxITAfBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWEnN1cHBvcnRA\n"
    "Y2FjZXJ0Lm9yZzAeFw0wMzAzMzAxMjI5NDlaFw0zMzAzMjkxMjI5NDlaMHkxEDAO\n"
    "GCSNe9FINSkYQKyTYOGWhlC0elnYjyELn8+CkcY7v2vcB5G5l1YjqrZslMZIBjzk\n"
    "zk6q5PYvCdxTby78dOs6Y5nCpqyJvKeyRKANihDjbPIky/qbn3BHLt4Ui9SyIAmW\n"
    "omTxJBzcoTWcFbLUvFUufQb1nA5V9FrWk9p2rSVzTMVD\n"\
    "-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n";
  /* get a BIO */
  bio=BIO_new_mem_buf(mypem, -1);
  /* use it to read the PEM formatted certificate from memory into an X509
   * structure that SSL can use
   */
  PEM_read_bio_X509(bio, &cert, 0, NULL);
  if(cert == NULL)
    printf("PEM_read_bio_X509 failed...\n");

  /* get a pointer to the X509 certificate store (which may be empty!) */
  store=SSL_CTX_get_cert_store((SSL_CTX *)sslctx);

  /* add our certificate to this store */
  if(X509_STORE_add_cert(store, cert)==0)
    printf("error adding certificate\n");

  /* decrease reference counts */
  X509_free(cert);
  BIO_free(bio);

  /* all set to go */
  return CURLE_OK;
}

int main(void)
{
  CURL * ch;
  CURLcode rv;

  rv=curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
  ch=curl_easy_init();
  rv=curl_easy_setopt(ch, CURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE, "PEM");
  rv=curl_easy_setopt(ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1L);
  rv=curl_easy_setopt(ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.example.com/");

  /* Retrieve page using cacerts' certificate -> will succeed
   * load the certificate by installing a function doing the nescessary
   * "modifications" to the SSL CONTEXT just before link init
   */
  rv=curl_easy_setopt(ch, CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_FUNCTION, *sslctx_function);
  rv=curl_easy_perform(ch);
  if(rv==CURLE_OK)
    printf("*** transfer succeeded ***\n");
  else
    printf("*** transfer failed ***\n");

  curl_easy_cleanup(ch);
  curl_global_cleanup();
  return rv;
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.11.0 for OpenSSL. Added in 7.42.0 for wolfSSL/CyaSSL. Other SSL
backends not supported.
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_SSL_CTX_DATA "(3), " CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER "(3), "