CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T - Man Page

get content-length of download

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T,
                           curl_off_t *content_length);

Description

Pass a pointer to a curl_off_t to receive the content-length of the download. This is the value read from the Content-Length: field. Stores -1 if the size is not known.

Protocols

HTTP(S)

Example

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

  /* Perform the request */
  res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

  if(!res) {
    /* check the size */
    curl_off_t cl;
    res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T, &cl);
    if(!res) {
      printf("Download size: %" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T "\n", cl);
    }
  }
}

Availability

Added in 7.55.0

Return Value

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

See Also

curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3), CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD_T(3),

Referenced By

curl_easy_getinfo(3), CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD(3), CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD(3), CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD_T(3).

April 26, 2023 libcurl 8.1.1