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.TH CURLINFO_USED_PROXY 3 "2024-11-18" libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLINFO_USED_PROXY \- whether the transfer used a proxy
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_USED_PROXY,
                           long *authp);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a long. It gets set to zero set if no proxy was used in the
previous transfer or a non\-zero value if a proxy was used.
.SH PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all supported protocols
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, argv[1]);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, "http://127.0.0.1:80");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROXY, "example.com");

    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

    if(!res) {
      /* extract the available proxy authentication types */
      long used;
      res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_USED_PROXY, &used);
      if(!res) {
        printf("The proxy was %sused\\n", used ? "": "NOT ");
      }
    }
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 8.7.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR CURLOPT_NOPROXY (3),
.BR CURLOPT_PROXY (3),
.BR curl_easy_getinfo (3),
.BR curl_easy_setopt (3)