CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL(3)

1CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL(3)  curl_easy_getinfo options CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL(3)
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NAME

6       CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL - get the last used URL
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SYNOPSIS

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

15       Pass in a pointer to a char pointer and get  the  last  used  effective
16       URL.
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18       In  cases  when  you've  asked libcurl to follow redirects, it may very
19       well not be the same value you set with CURLOPT_URL(3).
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21       The urlp 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_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
34         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
35         if(res == CURLE_OK) {
36           char *url = NULL;
37           curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, &url);
38           if(url)
39             printf("Redirect to: %s\n", url);
40         }
41         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
42       }
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AVAILABILITY

45       Added in 7.4
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RETURN VALUE

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