Why doesn't curl --resolve work?

Question

ubuntu

I'm trying to run the command in Ubuntu: curl -v --resolve https://vk.com:443:172.20.10.177 https://vk.com
The ip address is correct, the port is correct, the syntax seems to be the same, but it gives an error:
Couldn' t parse CURLOPT_RESOLVE entry ' https://vk.com:443:172.20.10.177 '!
* Trying 87.240.137.158:443...

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

the syntax seems to be

the syntax is incorrect.
in man curl it says:
--resolve <host:port:address>
i.e. after --resolve, before the first colon, the host name must be specified. and you have a URL.

Answer 2

curl -v --resolve vk.com:443:87.240.139.194 https://vk.com