CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE - size of POST data pointed to
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, long size);
DESCRIPTION
If you want to post static data to the server without having libcurl do
a strlen() to measure the data size, this option must be used. When
this option is used you can post fully binary data, which otherwise is
likely to fail. If this size is set to -1, libcurl uses strlen() to get
the size or relies on the CURLOPT_READFUNCTION(3) (if used) to signal
the end of data.
If you post more than 2GB, use CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE(3).
DEFAULT
-1
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects http only
EXAMPLE
#include <string.h> /* for strlen */
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
const char *data = "data to send";
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* size of the POST data */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, (long) strlen(data));
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, data);
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.2
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3), CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE(3)
libcurl 2024-08-05 CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE(3)
curl 8.9.1 - Generated Mon Aug 12 16:47:03 CDT 2024