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CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE(3) curl_easy_getinfo options CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE(3)

NAME

CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE - get size of sent request

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE, long *sizep);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total size of the issued requests. This is so far only for HTTP requests. Note that this may be more than one request if CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3) is enabled.

PROTOCOLS

All

EXAMPLE

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {

CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(res == CURLE_OK) {
long req;
res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE, &req);
if(!res)
printf("Request size: %ld bytes\n", req);
}
curl_easy_cleanup(curl); }

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.4.1

RETURN VALUE

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

SEE ALSO

curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3), CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE(3), CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD(3),

January 2, 2023 libcurl 7.88.1