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CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING explained

Name

CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING - HTTP content decoding control

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>
 
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING,
                          long enabled);

Description

Pass a long to tell libcurl how to act on content decoding. If set to zero, content decoding will be disabled. If set to 1 it is enabled. Libcurl has no default content decoding but requires you to use CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING for that.

Default

Protocols

HTTP

Example

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  CURLcode ret;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING, 0L);
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

Availability

Added in 7.16.2

Return value

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