CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING - Man Page
HTTP content decoding control
Synopsis
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING,
long enabled);Description
Pass a long to tell libcurl how to act on content decoding. If set to zero, content decoding is disabled. If set to 1 it is enabled. libcurl has no default content decoding but requires you to use CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3) for that.
Default
1
Protocols
This functionality affects http only
Example
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode ret;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING, 0L);
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}Availability
Added in curl 7.16.2
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_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3), CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_STDERR(3)
Referenced By
curl_easy_setopt(3), CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3), CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING(3), libcurl-symbols(3).
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