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- .TH CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD 3 "2025-01-17" libcurl
- .SH NAME
- CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD \- get the last used HTTP method
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .nf
- #include <curl/curl.h>
- CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD,
- char **methodp);
- .fi
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- 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 \fBmethodp\fP pointer is NULL or points to private memory. You MUST NOT
- free \- it gets freed when you call \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP on the
- corresponding CURL handle.
- .SH PROTOCOLS
- This functionality affects http only
- .SH EXAMPLE
- .nf
- 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);
- }
- }
- .fi
- .SH AVAILABILITY
- Added in curl 7.72.0
- .SH RETURN VALUE
- Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
- .SH SEE ALSO
- .BR CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST (3),
- .BR CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION (3),
- .BR curl_easy_getinfo (3),
- .BR curl_easy_setopt (3)
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