Commit 9b167fd0 authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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--request-target: instead of --strip-path-slash 

... and CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET instead of CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH.

This option instead provides the full "alternative" target to use in the
request, instead of extracting the path from the URL.

Test 1298 and 1299 updated accordingly.

Idea-by: Evert Pot
Suggestion: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2017/06/19/options-with-curl/comment-page-1/#comment-18373

Closes #1593
parent 8de8f4eb

docs/cmdline-opts/Makefile.inc

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@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ DPAGES = abstract-unix-socket.d anyauth.d append.d basic.d cacert.d capath.d cer 
  tlsauthtype.d tlspassword.d tlsuser.d tlsv1.0.d tlsv1.1.d tlsv1.2.d   \

  tlsv1.3.d tlsv1.d trace-ascii.d trace.d trace-time.d tr-encoding.d    \

  unix-socket.d upload-file.d url.d use-ascii.d user-agent.d user.d     \

  verbose.d version.d write-out.d xattr.d strip-path-slash.d

  verbose.d version.d write-out.d xattr.d request-target.d



OTHERPAGES = page-footer page-header

docs/cmdline-opts/request-target.d

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Long: request-target

Help: Specify the target for this request

Protocols: HTTP

---

Tells curl to use an alternative "target" (path) instead of using the path as

provided in the URL. Particularly useful when wanting to issue HTTP requests

without leading slash or other data that doesn't follow the regular URL

pattern, like "OPTIONS *".

docs/cmdline-opts/strip-path-slash.d

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Long: strip-path-slash

Help: Strip off the first slash of the path

Protocols: HTTP

---

Tells curl to strip the leading slash from the path when it sends the path to

the server. Useful when wanting to issue HTTP requests without leading slash,

like "OPTIONS *".

docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3

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@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ Start a new cookie session. See \fICURLOPT_COOKIESESSION(3)\fP 
Add or control cookies. See \fICURLOPT_COOKIELIST(3)\fP

.IP CURLOPT_HTTPGET

Do a HTTP GET request. See \fICURLOPT_HTTPGET(3)\fP

.IP CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH

Cut off the leading slash from the path. \fICURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH(3)\fP

.IP CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET

Set the request target. \fICURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)\fP

.IP CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION

HTTP version to use. \fICURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION(3)\fP

.IP CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH

docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST.3

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@@ -108,4 +108,4 @@ Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or 
CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER "(3), " CURLOPT_NOBODY "(3), "

.BR CURLOPT_STRIP_PATH_SLASH "(3), "
 
.BR CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET "(3), "