CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING - Man Page

HTTP transfer decoding control

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING,
                         long enabled);

Description

Pass a long to tell libcurl how to act on transfer decoding. If set to zero, transfer decoding will be disabled, if set to 1 it is enabled (default). libcurl does chunked transfer decoding by default unless this option is set to zero.

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_TRANSFER_DECODING, 0L);
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

Availability

Added in 7.16.2 Does not work with the hyper backend (it will always have transfer decoding enabled).

Return Value

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

See Also

CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING(3), CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3),

Referenced By

curl_easy_setopt(3), CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING(3).

April 26, 2023 ibcurl 8.2.1 libcurl