CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_HTTPGET - ask for an HTTP GET request
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, long useget);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a long. If useget is 1, this forces the HTTP request to get back to
using GET. Usable if a POST, HEAD, PUT, etc has been used previously us-
ing the same curl handle.
When setting CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3) to 1, libcurl automatically sets CUR-
LOPT_NOBODY(3) to 0 and CURLOPT_UPLOAD(3) to 0.
Setting this option to zero has no effect. Applications need to explic-
itly select which HTTP request method to use, they cannot deselect a
method. To reset a handle to default method, consider curl_easy_re-
set(3).
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");
/* use a GET to fetch this */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1L);
/* Perform the request */
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.8.1
RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_setopt(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_NOBODY(3), CURLOPT_POST(3), CURLOPT_UPLOAD(3), curl_easy_re-
set(3)
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