CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)

1CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)curl_easy_getinfo optionCsURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)
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NAME

6       CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD - get the last used HTTP method
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <curl/curl.h>
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11       CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD,
12                                  char **methodp);
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DESCRIPTION

15       Pass  in  a  pointer  to a char pointer and get the last used effective
16       HTTP method.
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18       In cases when you've asked libcurl to follow redirects, the method  may
19       very well not be the same method the first request would use.
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21       The methodp pointer will be NULL or pointing to private memory you MUST
22       NOT free - it gets freed when you call curl_easy_cleanup(3) on the cor‐
23       responding CURL handle.
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PROTOCOLS

26       HTTP(S)
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EXAMPLE

29       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
30       if(curl) {
31         CURLcode res;
32         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
33         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "data");
34         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
35         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
36         if(res == CURLE_OK) {
37           char *method = NULL;
38           curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD, &method);
39           if(method)
40             printf("Redirected to method: %s\n", method);
41         }
42         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
43       }
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AVAILABILITY

46       Added in 7.72.0
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RETURN VALUE

49       Returns  CURLE_OK  if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
50       if not.
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