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 will be 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
HTTP
Example
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 7.16.2
Return Value
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
See Also
CURLOPT_STDERR(3), CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3)
Referenced By
curl_easy_setopt(3), CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3), CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING(3).
April 26, 2023 ibcurl 8.1.1 libcurl