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