CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH(3) Library Functions Manual
NAME
CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH - ignore content length
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH,
long ignore);
DESCRIPTION
If ignore is set to 1L, ignore the Content-Length header in the HTTP
response and ignore asking for or relying on it for FTP transfers.
This is useful for doing HTTP transfers with ancient web servers which
report incorrect content length for files over 2 gigabytes. If this
option is used, curl cannot accurately report progress, and it instead
stops the download when the server ends the connection.
It is also useful with FTP when for example the file is growing while
the transfer is in progress which otherwise unconditionally causes
libcurl to report error.
Only use this option if strictly necessary.
DEFAULT
0
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects ftp and http
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* we know the server is silly, ignore content-length */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH, 1L);
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
HISTORY
Support for FTP added in 7.46.0.
NOTES
This option is not working for HTTP when libcurl is built to use the
hyper backend.
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.14.1
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
if not.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION(3), CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE(3)
libcurl 2024-08-05 CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH(3)
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