CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)

1CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)          curl_easy_setopt options          CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)
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NAME

6       CURLOPT_NOBODY - do the download request without getting the body
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SYNOPSIS

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

14       A long parameter set to 1 tells libcurl to not include the body-part in
15       the output when doing what would otherwise be a download. For  HTTP(S),
16       this makes libcurl do a HEAD request. For most other protocols it means
17       just not asking to transfer the body data.
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19       Enabling this option means asking for a download but without a body.
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DEFAULT

22       0, the body is transferred
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PROTOCOLS

25       Most
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EXAMPLE

28       curl = curl_easy_init();
29       if(curl) {
30         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
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32         /* get us the resource without a body! */
33         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1L);
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35         /* Perform the request */
36         curl_easy_perform(curl);
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AVAILABILITY

40       Always
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RETURN VALUE

43       Returns CURLE_OK
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