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+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+load("@bazel_skylib//rules:common_settings.bzl", "bool_flag")
+
+package(features = ["no_copts_tokenization"])
+
+bool_flag(
+    name = "use_mbedtls",
+    build_setting_default = False,
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "use_mbedtls_setting",
+    flag_values = {":use_mbedtls": "true"},
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+)
+
+bool_flag(
+    name = "http_only",
+    build_setting_default = True,
+)
+
+config_setting(
+    name = "http_only_setting",
+    flag_values = {":http_only": "true"},
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+)
+
+_BASE_CURL_COPTS = [
+    "-DCURL_DISABLE_LDAP=1",
+    "-DENABLE_IPV6=1",
+    "-DGETHOSTNAME_TYPE_ARG2=size_t",
+    "-DGETSERVBYPORT_R_ARGS=6",
+    "-DGETSERVBYPORT_R_BUFSIZE=4096",
+    "-DHAVE_ALARM=1",
+    "-DHAVE_ALLOCA_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_ARPA_INET_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_ARPA_TFTP_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_ASSERT_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_BASENAME=1",
+    "-DHAVE_BOOL_T=1",
+    "-DHAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME_MONOTONIC=1",
+    "-DHAVE_CONNECT=1",
+    "-DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_ENGINE_LOAD_BUILTIN_ENGINES=1",
+    "-DHAVE_ERRNO_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_FCNTL=1",
+    "-DHAVE_FCNTL_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_FCNTL_O_NONBLOCK=1",
+    "-DHAVE_FDOPEN=1",
+    "-DHAVE_FREEADDRINFO=1",
+    "-DHAVE_FREEIFADDRS=1",
+    "-DHAVE_FSETXATTR=1",
+    "-DHAVE_FSETXATTR_5=1",
+    "-DHAVE_FTRUNCATE=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GAI_STRERROR=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETADDRINFO=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETADDRINFO_THREADSAFE=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETEUID=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETHOSTBYADDR=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETHOSTBYADDR_R=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETHOSTBYADDR_R_8=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_6=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETHOSTNAME=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETIFADDRS=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETNAMEINFO=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETPPID=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETPWUID=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETPWUID_R=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETRLIMIT=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETSERVBYPORT_R=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY=1",
+    "-DHAVE_GMTIME_R=1",
+    "-DHAVE_IFADDRS_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_IF_NAMETOINDEX=1",
+    "-DHAVE_INET_NTOP=1",
+    "-DHAVE_INET_PTON=1",
+    "-DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_IOCTL=1",
+    "-DHAVE_IOCTL_FIONBIO=1",
+    "-DHAVE_IOCTL_SIOCGIFADDR=1",
+    "-DHAVE_LIBGEN_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_LL=1",
+    "-DHAVE_LOCALE_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_LOCALTIME_R=1",
+    "-DHAVE_LONGLONG=1",
+    "-DHAVE_MALLOC_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_NETDB_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_NETINET_IN_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_NETINET_TCP_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_NET_IF_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_PIPE=1",
+    "-DHAVE_POLL=1",
+    "-DHAVE_POLL_FINE=1",
+    "-DHAVE_POLL_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_POSIX_STRERROR_R=1",
+    "-DHAVE_PTHREAD_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_PWD_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_RECV=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SELECT=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SEND=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SETJMP_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SETLOCALE=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SETRLIMIT=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SETSOCKOPT=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SGTTY_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SIGACTION=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SIGINTERRUPT=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SIGNAL=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SIGNAL_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SIGSETJMP=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SIG_ATOMIC_T=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SOCKADDR_IN6_SIN6_SCOPE_ID=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SOCKET=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SOCKETPAIR=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STDBOOL_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STDINT_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STDIO_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STRCASECMP=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STRDUP=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STRERROR_R=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STRING_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STRNCASECMP=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STRSTR=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STRTOK_R=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STRTOLL=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_STORAGE=1",
+    "-DHAVE_STRUCT_TIMEVAL=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SYS_PARAM_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SYS_POLL_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SYS_SELECT_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SYS_UIO_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SYS_UN_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_SYS_XATTR_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_TERMIOS_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_TERMIO_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_TIME_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_UTIME=1",
+    "-DHAVE_UTIMES=1",
+    "-DHAVE_UTIME_H=1",
+    "-DHAVE_VARIADIC_MACROS_C99=1",
+    "-DHAVE_VARIADIC_MACROS_GCC=1",
+    "-DHAVE_WRITABLE_ARGV=1",
+    "-DHAVE_WRITEV=1",
+    "-DRECV_TYPE_ARG1=int",
+    "-DRECV_TYPE_ARG2=void*",
+    "-DRECV_TYPE_ARG3=size_t",
+    "-DRECV_TYPE_ARG4=int",
+    "-DRECV_TYPE_RETV=ssize_t",
+    "-DRETSIGTYPE=void",
+    "-DSELECT_QUAL_ARG5=",
+    "-DSELECT_TYPE_ARG1=int",
+    "-DSELECT_TYPE_ARG234=fd_set*",
+    "-DSELECT_TYPE_RETV=int",
+    "-DSEND_QUAL_ARG2=const",
+    "-DSEND_TYPE_ARG1=int",
+    "-DSEND_TYPE_ARG2=void*",
+    "-DSEND_TYPE_ARG3=size_t",
+    "-DSEND_TYPE_ARG4=int",
+    "-DSEND_TYPE_RETV=ssize_t",
+    "-DSIZEOF_CURL_OFF_T=8",
+    "-DSIZEOF_INT=4",
+    "-DSIZEOF_LONG=8",
+    "-DSIZEOF_OFF_T=8",
+    "-DSIZEOF_SHORT=2",
+    "-DSIZEOF_SIZE_T=8",
+    "-DSIZEOF_TIME_T=8",
+    "-DSTDC_HEADERS=1",
+    "-DSTRERROR_R_TYPE_ARG3=size_t",
+    "-DTIME_WITH_SYS_TIME=1",
+    "-DUSE_THREADS_POSIX=1",
+    "-DUSE_UNIX_SOCKETS=1",
+
+    # Extra defines needed by curl
+    "-DBUILDING_LIBCURL",
+    "-DCURL_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS",
+]
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "curl",
+    srcs = glob([
+        "lib/**/*.c",
+        "lib/**/*.h",
+    ]),
+    hdrs = glob(["include/curl/*.h"]),
+    copts = select({
+        "@platforms//os:windows": [
+            "/DWIN32",
+            "/DBUILDING_LIBCURL",
+            "/DUSE_WIN32_IDN",
+            "/DWANT_IDN_PROTOTYPES",
+            "/DUSE_IPV6",
+            "/DUSE_WINDOWS_SSPI",
+            "/DUSE_SCHANNEL",
+        ],
+        "@platforms//os:macos": _BASE_CURL_COPTS,
+        "//conditions:default": _BASE_CURL_COPTS + [
+            "-DHAVE_LINUX_TCP_H=1",
+            "-DHAVE_MSG_NOSIGNAL=1",
+        ],
+    }) + [
+        "-DOS=\"os\"",
+    ],
+    defines = ["CURL_STATICLIB"],
+    includes = [
+        "include/",
+        "lib/",
+    ],
+    linkopts = select({
+        "@platforms//os:windows": [
+            "-DEFAULTLIB:ws2_32.lib",
+            "-DEFAULTLIB:advapi32.lib",
+            "-DEFAULTLIB:crypt32.lib",
+            "-DEFAULTLIB:Normaliz.lib",
+        ],
+        "@platforms//os:macos": [
+            "-Wl,-framework,SystemConfiguration",
+            "-lpthread",
+        ],
+        "//conditions:default": [
+            "-lpthread",
+        ],
+    }),
+    local_defines = select({
+        ":use_mbedtls_setting": ["USE_MBEDTLS"],
+        "//conditions:default": [],
+    }) + select({
+        ":http_only_setting": ["HTTP_ONLY"],
+        "//conditions:default": [],
+    }),
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = select({
+        ":use_mbedtls_setting": ["@mbedtls"],
+        "//conditions:default": [],
+    }),
+)
+
+cc_binary(
+    name = "linktest",
+    linkopts = select({
+        "@platforms//os:macos": ["-all_load"],
+        "//conditions:default": [],
+    }),
+    linkshared = True,
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+    deps = [":curl"],
+)
