CURLOPT_RANGE(3)

1CURLOPT_RANGE(3)           curl_easy_setopt options           CURLOPT_RANGE(3)
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NAME

6       CURLOPT_RANGE - set byte range to request
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <curl/curl.h>
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11       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RANGE, char *range);
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DESCRIPTION

14       Pass  a  char  * as parameter, which should contain the specified range
15       you want to retrieve. It should be in the format "X-Y", where either  X
16       or Y may be left out and X and Y are byte indexes.
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18       HTTP transfers also support several intervals, separated with commas as
19       in "X-Y,N-M". Using this kind of multiple intervals will cause the HTTP
20       server  to  send  the  response document in pieces (using standard MIME
21       separation techniques). Unfortunately, the HTTP standard (RFC 7233 sec‐
22       tion  3.1) allows servers to ignore range requests so even when you set
23       CURLOPT_RANGE(3) for a  request,  you  may  end  up  getting  the  full
24       response sent back.
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26       For  RTSP,  the  formatting  of  a  range should follow RFC2326 Section
27       12.29. For RTSP, byte ranges are not permitted. Instead, ranges  should
28       be given in npt, utc, or smpte formats.
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30       For  HTTP PUT uploads this option should not be used, since it may con‐
31       flict with other options. If you need to upload arbitrary  parts  of  a
32       file  (like  for  Amazon's web services) support is limited. We suggest
33       set resume position using CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM(3), set end (resume+size)
34       position  using  CURLOPT_INFILESIZE(3)  and seek to the resume position
35       before initiating the transfer for  each  part.  For  more  information
36       refer to https://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2019-05/0012.html
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38       Pass a NULL to this option to disable the use of ranges.
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40       The  application  does not have to keep the string around after setting
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DEFAULT

44       NULL
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PROTOCOLS

47       HTTP, FTP, FILE, RTSP and SFTP.
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EXAMPLE

50       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
51       if(curl) {
52         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
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54         /* get the first 200 bytes */
55         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RANGE, "0-199");
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57         /* Perform the request */
58         curl_easy_perform(curl);
59       }
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AVAILABILITY

62       FILE since 7.18.0, RTSP since 7.20.0
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RETURN VALUE

65       Returns CURLE_OK on success or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was  insuf‐
66       ficient heap space.
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