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.TH CURLOPT_USERAGENT 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_USERAGENT \- set HTTP user-agent header
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, char *ua);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a zero terminated string as parameter. It will be used to
set the User-Agent: header in the HTTP request sent to the remote server. This
can be used to fool servers or scripts. You can also set any custom header
with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3)\fP.
.SH DEFAULT
NULL, no User-Agent: header is used by default.
.SH PROTOCOLS
HTTP, HTTPS
.SH EXAMPLE
TODO
.SH AVAILABILITY
As long as HTTP is supported
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_REFERER "(3), " CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER "(3), "