CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING(3) Library Functions Manual
NAME
CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING - ask for HTTP Transfer Encoding
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING,
long enable);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a long set to 1L to enable or 0 to disable.
Adds a request for compressed Transfer Encoding in the outgoing HTTP
request. If the server supports this and so desires, it can respond
with the HTTP response sent using a compressed Transfer-Encoding that
is automatically uncompressed by libcurl on reception.
Transfer-Encoding differs slightly from the Content-Encoding you ask
for with CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3) in that a Transfer-Encoding is
strictly meant to be for the transfer and thus MUST be decoded before
the data arrives in the client. Traditionally, Transfer-Encoding has
been much less used and supported by both HTTP clients and HTTP
servers.
DEFAULT
0
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects http only
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING, 1L);
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.21.6
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
if not.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3), CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING(3)
libcurl 2024-08-05 CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING(3)
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