CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING(3) Library Functions Manual
NAME
CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING - HTTP content decoding control
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING,
long enabled);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a long to tell libcurl how to act on content decoding. If set to
zero, content decoding is disabled. If set to 1 it is enabled. Libcurl
has no default content decoding but requires you to use
CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3) for that.
DEFAULT
1
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects http only
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode ret;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING, 0L);
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.16.2
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
if not.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3), CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_STDERR(3)
libcurl 2024-08-05 CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING(3)
curl 8.9.1 - Generated Fri Aug 9 13:49:59 CDT 2024