Using libcurl to access proxy

Question

I want to access a proxy using libcurl in my C code. I read that with this command I can configure libcurl to access the proxy:

curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_PROXY, "127.0.0.1:96666");

But is that all I have to do? Do I need to open a socket?

Any tip will be very helpful,

Thanks.

Answer 1

Yes, that's all you need - assuming it is a HTTP proxy and you fix the port number, because 96666 is not a valid port! :-)

See the CURLOPT_PROXY man page for more details.