curl/docs/examples/httpcustomheader.c

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

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res;

  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    struct curl_slist *chunk = NULL;

    chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Accept: moo");
    chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Another: yes");

    /* request with the built-in Accept: */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "localhost");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    /* Check for errors */
    if(res != CURLE_OK)
      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
              curl_easy_strerror(res));

    /* redo request with our own custom Accept: */
    res = curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, chunk);
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    /* Check for errors */
    if(res != CURLE_OK)
      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
              curl_easy_strerror(res));

    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
  return 0;
}