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CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)

NAME

CURLOPT_NOBODY - do the download request without getting the body

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_NOBODY, long opt);

DESCRIPTION

A long parameter set to 1 tells libcurl to not include the body-part in the output when doing what would otherwise be a download. For HTTP(S), this makes libcurl do a HEAD request. For most other protocols it means just not asking to transfer the body data.

Enabling this option means asking for a download but without a body.

DEFAULT

0, the body is transferred

PROTOCOLS

Most

EXAMPLE

curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
  /* get us the resource without a body! */ 
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1L);
  /* Perform the request */ 
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Always

RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO

CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3), CURLOPT_POST(3),
17 Jun 2014 libcurl 7.37.0