NAME

CURLOPT_SSLENGINE - Set SSL engine or provider

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSLENGINE, char *id);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to a null-terminated string as parameter. It is used as the identifier for the engine or provider you want to use for your private key. OpenSSL 1 had engines, OpenSSL 3 has providers.

The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this option.

When asking libcurl to use a provider, the application can also optionally provide a property, a set of name value pairs. Such a property can be specified separated from the name with a colon (:).

Using this option multiple times makes the last set string override the previous ones. Set it to NULL to disable its use again.

DEFAULT

NULL

%PROTOCOLS%

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLENGINE, "dynamic");
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}

%AVAILABILITY%

RETURN VALUE

CURLE_OK - Engine found.

CURLE_SSL_ENGINE_NOTFOUND - Engine not found, or OpenSSL was not built with engine support.

CURLE_SSL_ENGINE_INITFAILED - Engine found but initialization failed.

CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN - Option not built in, OpenSSL is not the SSL backend.

CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION - Option not recognized.

CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY - Insufficient heap space.