getting http return code

Hi,

many people want to get the http return code from curl to use it in a
script. There are many complicated solutions that parse out the code
from other curl output. The most daring one I found suggests to add a
second stdout: https://superuser.com/a/862395

I think an easier solution would have to be supported by curl:

--return-http-status-code-as-exit-code

if (rc > 100)
   handle HTTP Status code
else
   handle usual curl return code.

Ok, not nice, and not the Unix way, but it would work, if you get a
http code, everything else was fine.

Another way: add a -w template similar to {stderr} to write to a file

-w '%{file:/tmp/curl-http-rc}' '%{response_code}'

Regards,
Juergen
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Received on 2020-05-06