CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS3
Maximum number of redirects allowed
Usage
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, long amount);
Overview
Pass a long. The set number is the redirection limit amount. If that many redirections have been followed, the next redirect triggers the error (CURLE_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS). This option only makes sense if the CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3) is used at the same time.
Setting the limit to 0 makes libcurl refuse any redirect.
Set it to -1 for an infinite number of redirects. This allows your application to get stuck in never-ending redirect loops.
Default
30 (since 8.3.0), it was previously unlimited.
Protocols
HTTP(S)
Examples
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
/* enable redirect following */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
/* allow three redirects */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 3L);
/* Perform the request */
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
Return value
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
Releases
79 releases since OS X 10.10; the text changed 14 times.