Programming

    /* Add a header with "blank" contents to the right of the colon. Note that
       we're then using a semicolon in the string we pass to curl! */ 
    chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "X-silly-header;");

    /* Add a header with "blank" contents to the right of the colon. Note that
       we're then using a semicolon in the string we pass to curl! */ 
    chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4;");

$ tcpdump -vvvs 1024 -l -A | grep -i x-forward
tcpdump: listening on wlan0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 1024 bytes
X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4;

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/* <DESC>
 * HTTP request with custom modified, removed and added headers
 * </DESC>
 */ 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res;
 
  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    struct curl_slist *chunk = NULL;
 
    /* Remove a header curl would otherwise add by itself */ 
    chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Accept:");
 
    /* Add a custom header */ 
    chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Another: yes");
 
    /* Modify a header curl otherwise adds differently */ 
    chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "Host: www.google.com");
 
    /* Add a header with "blank" contents to the right of the colon. Note that
       we're then using a semicolon in the string we pass to curl! */ 
    chunk = curl_slist_append(chunk, "X-Forwarded-For: 1.2.3.4;");
 
    /* set our custom set of headers */ 
    res = curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, chunk);
 
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://google.com");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
 
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    /* Check for errors */ 
    if(res != CURLE_OK)
      fprintf(stderr, "curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n",
              curl_easy_strerror(res));
 
    /* always cleanup */ 
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
 
    /* free the custom headers */ 
    curl_slist_free_all(chunk);
  }
  return 0;
}