Download
Browse source Changelog
Documentation
Project   Bug Bounty   Help us   Known bugs   TODO Protocols   CA bundle   HTTP Cookies   HTTP/2   SSL Certs Releases   Security   Version numbers   Vulnerabilities curl tool   man page   Tutorial   HTTP scripting Who and Why
libcurl
ABI API Competitors Examples Features Mailing list Related libs Using libcurl Tutorial Testimonials
Get Help
curl-library curl-users Mailing lists Book: Everything curl Video presentations Report a bug Paid support
Development
Autobuilds Code Style Contribute Deprecate Internals Release Notes Release Procedure Roadmap Run Tests Security Process Specifications Test curl
News
Changelog Release table
curl / Mailing Lists / curl-users / Single Mail
Buy commercial curl support from WolfSSL. We help you work out your issues, debug your libcurl applications, use the API, port to new platforms, add new features and more. With a team lead by the curl founder himself.

Re: getting http return code

From: Daniel Stenberg via curl-users <curl-users_at_cool.haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 15:59:24 +0200 (CEST)

On Wed, 6 May 2020, Jürgen Weber via curl-users wrote:

> 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

I don't understand why we'd need that (and I would have a problem with that
particular approach). In most use cases, you'll be fine with something simple
like this:

   code=`curl -w '%{response_code}' -o saved $URL` 

-- 
  / daniel.haxx.se | Commercial curl support up to 24x7 is available!
                   | Private help, bug fixes, support, ports, new features
                   | https://www.wolfssl.com/contact/

-----------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe: https://cool.haxx.se/list/listinfo/curl-users
Etiquette: https://curl.haxx.se/mail/etiquette.html
Received on 2020-05-06