CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE(3) Library Functions Manual CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE(3)
NAME
CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE - Content-Type of response
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE, char **ct);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the content-type of the
downloaded object. This is the value read from the Content-Type: field.
If you get NULL, it means that the server did not send a valid
Content-Type header or that the protocol used does not support this.
The ct pointer is NULL or points to private memory. You must not free
it. It gets freed automatically when you call curl_easy_cleanup(3) on
the corresponding curl handle.
The modern way to get this header from a response is to instead use the
curl_easy_header(3) function.
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects http only
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode result;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(result == CURLE_OK) {
/* extract the content-type */
char *ct = NULL;
result = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE, &ct);
if(!result && ct) {
printf("Content-Type: %s\n", ct);
}
}
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.9.4
RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_getinfo(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.
CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred,
see libcurl-errors(3).
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION(3), curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_header(3),
curl_easy_setopt(3)
libcurl 2026-03-23 CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE(3)
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