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CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS explained

Name

CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS - switch off the progress meter

Synopsis

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

Description

If onoff is to 1, it tells the library to shut off the progress meter completely for requests done with this handle. It will also prevent the CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION or CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION from getting called.

Default

1, meaning it normally runs without a progress meter.

Protocols

All

Example

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
 
  /* enable progress meter */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0L);
 
  /* Perform the request */
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

Availability

Always

Return value

Returns CURLE_OK.