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.TH CURLOPT_SSH_KEYDATA 3 "August 22, 2023" "ibcurl 8.3.0" libcurl

.SH NAME
CURLOPT_SSH_HOSTKEYDATA \- pointer to pass to the SSH host key callback
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SSH_HOSTKEYDATA, void *pointer);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a void * as parameter. This \fIpointer\fP is passed along untouched to
the callback set with \fICURLOPT_SSH_HOSTKEYFUNCTION(3)\fP.
.SH DEFAULT
NULL
.SH PROTOCOLS
SCP and SFTP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int hostkeycb(void *clientp,    /* passed with CURLOPT_SSH_HOSTKEYDATA */
              int keytype,      /* CURLKHTYPE */
              const char * key, /* host key to check */
              size_t keylen);   /* length of the key */
{
  /* 'clientp' points to the callback_data struct */
  /* investigate the situation and return the correct value */
  return CURLKHMATCH_OK;
}
{
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "sftp://example.com/thisfile.txt");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_HOSTKEYFUNCTION, hostkeycb);
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSH_HOSTKEYDATA, &callback_data);

  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.84.0, works only with libssh2 backend.
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_SSH_HOSTKEYFUNCTION "(3), "