CURLOPT_RANGE(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_RANGE(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_RANGE - byte range to request
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RANGE, char *range);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a char pointer as parameter, which should contain the specified
range you want to retrieve. It should be in the format "X-Y", where
either X or Y may be left out and X and Y are byte indexes.
HTTP transfers also support several intervals, separated with commas as
in "X-Y,N-M". Using this kind of multiple intervals causes the HTTP
server to send the response document in pieces (using standard MIME
separation techniques). Unfortunately, the HTTP standard (RFC 7233
section 3.1) allows servers to ignore range requests so even when you
set CURLOPT_RANGE(3) for a request, you may end up getting the full
response sent back.
For RTSP, the formatting of a range should follow RFC 2326 Section
12.29. For RTSP, byte ranges are not permitted. Instead, ranges should
be given in npt, utc, or smpte formats.
For HTTP PUT uploads this option should not be used, since it may
conflict with other options.
Pass a NULL to this option to disable the use of ranges.
The application does not have to keep the string around after setting
this option.
DEFAULT
NULL
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects file, ftp, http, rtsp and sftp
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* get the first 200 bytes */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RANGE, "0-199");
/* Perform the request */
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
HISTORY
FILE since 7.18.0, RTSP since 7.20.0
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.1
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK on success or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was
insufficient heap space.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3), CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE(3),
CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE(3), CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM(3)
libcurl 2024-08-05 CURLOPT_RANGE(3)
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