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CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT explained

Name

CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT - get the number of redirects

Synopsis

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

Description

Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total number of redirections that were actually followed.

Protocols

This functionality affects all supported protocols

Example

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_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    if(res == CURLE_OK) {
      long redirects;
      curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT, &redirects);
    }
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}

Availability

Added in curl 7.9.7

Return value

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