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CURLOPT_SSLKEY_BLOB(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_SSLKEY_BLOB(3)

CURLOPT_SSLKEY_BLOB - private key for client cert from memory blob

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSLKEY_BLOB,

struct curl_blob *blob);

Pass a pointer to a curl_blob structure, which contains information (pointer and size) for a private key. Compatible with OpenSSL. The format (like "PEM") must be specified with CURLOPT_SSLKEYTYPE(3).

If the blob is initialized with the flags member of struct curl_blob set to CURL_BLOB_COPY, the application does not have to keep the buffer around after setting this.

This option is an alternative to CURLOPT_SSLKEY(3) which instead expects a filename as input.

NULL

This functionality affects all TLS based protocols: HTTPS, FTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, SMTPS etc.

This option works only with the following TLS backends: OpenSSL and wolfSSL

extern char *certificateData; /* point to cert */
extern size_t filesize; /* size of cert */
extern char *privateKeyData; /* point to key */
extern size_t privateKeySize; /* size of key */
int main(void)
{

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
struct curl_blob blob;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
blob.data = certificateData;
blob.len = filesize;
blob.flags = CURL_BLOB_COPY;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLCERT_BLOB, &blob);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLCERTTYPE, "PEM");
blob.data = privateKeyData;
blob.len = privateKeySize;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLKEY_BLOB, &blob);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_KEYPASSWD, "s3cret");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSLKEYTYPE, "PEM");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
} }

Added in curl 7.71.0

curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).

CURLOPT_SSLKEY(3), CURLOPT_SSLKEYTYPE(3)

2025-07-03 libcurl

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