getinfo.c

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/* <DESC>
 * Use getinfo to get content-type after completed transfer.
 * </DESC>
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>
 
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl;
  CURLcode res;
 
  curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.example.com/");
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
 
    if(CURLE_OK == res) {
      char *ct;
      /* ask for the content-type */
      res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE, &ct);
 
      if((CURLE_OK == res) && ct)
        printf("We received Content-Type: %s\n", ct);
    }
 
    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
  return 0;
}

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