1CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)
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6 CURLOPT_NOBODY - do the download request without getting the body
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9 #include <curl/curl.h>
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11 CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_NOBODY, long opt);
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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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22 0, the body is transferred
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28 curl = curl_easy_init();
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30 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
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32 /* get us the resource without a body! */
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46 CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3), CURLOPT_POST(3), CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3),
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50libcurl 7.69.1 June 21, 2017 CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)