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CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T(3) Library Functions Manual CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T(3)

NAME

CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T - get content-length of download

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T,

curl_off_t *content_length);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to a curl_off_t to receive the content-length of the download. This is the value read from the Content-Length: field. Stores -1 if the size is not known.

PROTOCOLS

HTTP

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* Perform the request */
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(!res) {
/* check the size */
curl_off_t cl;
res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T, &cl);
if(!res) {
printf("Download size: %" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T "\n", cl);
}
}
} }

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.55.0

RETURN VALUE

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

SEE ALSO

CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD_T(3), curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3)

2024-06-09 libcurl