CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING(3)

1CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING(3)    libcurl   CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING(3)
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NAME

6       CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING - HTTP content decoding control
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SYNOPSIS

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

15       Pass  a  long to tell libcurl how to act on content decoding. If set to
16       zero, content decoding will be disabled. If set to  1  it  is  enabled.
17       Libcurl  has  no  default content decoding but requires you to use CUR‐
18       LOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3) for that.
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DEFAULT

21       1
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PROTOCOLS

24       HTTP
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EXAMPLE

27       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
28       if(curl) {
29         CURLcode ret;
30         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
31         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING, 0L);
32         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
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AVAILABILITY

36       Added in 7.16.2
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RETURN VALUE

39       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported,  and  CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
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