CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)

CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD3

Get the last used http method

Usage

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD,
                           char **methodp);

Overview

Pass in a pointer to a char pointer and get the last used effective HTTP method.

In cases when you have asked libcurl to follow redirects, the method may not be the same method the first request would use.

The methodp pointer is NULL or points to private memory. You MUST NOT free - it gets freed when you call curl_easy_cleanup(3) on the corresponding CURL handle.

Protocols

HTTP(S)

Examples

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "data");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    if(res == CURLE_OK) {
      char *method = NULL;
      curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD, &method);
      if(method)
        printf("Redirected to method: %s\n", method);
    }
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}

Return value

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

Releases

32 releases since macOS 12.0.1; the text changed 9 times.

  1. 12.0.1–12.2
  2. 12.3–12.5
  3. 13.0
  4. 13.1
  5. 13.2
  6. 13.3
  7. 13.4
  8. 13.5–14.1
  9. 14.2–14.4
  10. 14.5–26.5

Availability

Added in 7.72.0

From curl 166.0.0.0.1 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.