CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_NOBODY - do the download request without getting the body
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_NOBODY, long opt);
DESCRIPTION
A long parameter set to 1 tells libcurl to not include the body-part in
the output when doing what would otherwise be a download. For HTTP(S),
this makes libcurl do a HEAD request. For most other protocols it means
just not asking to transfer the body data.
For HTTP operations when CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) has been set, disabling this
option (with 0) makes it a GET again - only if the method is still set
to be HEAD. The proper way to get back to a GET request is to set CUR-
LOPT_HTTPGET(3) and for other methods, use the POST or UPLOAD options.
Enabling CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) means asking for a download without a body.
If you do a transfer with HTTP that involves a method other than HEAD,
you get a body (unless the resource and server sends a zero byte body
for the specific URL you request).
DEFAULT
0, the body is transferred
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all supported protocols
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* get us the resource without a body - use HEAD */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1L);
/* Perform the request */
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.1
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_HTTPGET(3), CURLOPT_MIMEPOST(3), CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3), CUR-
LOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3), CURLOPT_UPLOAD(3)
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