CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING(3)

1CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING(3)curl_easy_setopt optionsCURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING(3)
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NAME

6       CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING - ask for HTTP Transfer Encoding
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <curl/curl.h>
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11       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING, long
12       enable);
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DESCRIPTION

15       Pass a long set to 1L to enable or 0 to disable.
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17       Adds a request for compressed Transfer Encoding in  the  outgoing  HTTP
18       request.  If  the  server  supports this and so desires, it can respond
19       with the HTTP response sent using a compressed  Transfer-Encoding  that
20       will be automatically uncompressed by libcurl on reception.
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22       Transfer-Encoding  differs  slightly  from the Content-Encoding you ask
23       for with CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3)  in  that  a  Transfer-Encoding  is
24       strictly  meant  to be for the transfer and thus MUST be decoded before
25       the data arrives in the client.  Traditionally,  Transfer-Encoding  has
26       been  much  less  used  and  supported  by  both  HTTP clients and HTTP
27       servers.
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DEFAULT

30       0
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PROTOCOLS

33       HTTP
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EXAMPLE

36       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
37       if(curl) {
38         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
39         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING, 1L);
40         curl_easy_perform(curl);
41       }
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AVAILABILITY

44       Added in 7.21.6
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RETURN VALUE

47       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported,  and  CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
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