CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS(3)

💖 NAME 💖

CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS — maximum number of redirects allowed

okay bestie, welcome to the CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS(3) page from the Library Functions Manual ✨ this one is all about putting a cap on how many redirects curl will chase before it’s like “girl, that’s enough” 🛑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, long amount);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So you pass a long, okay? The set number is the redirection limit amount. If that many redirections have been followed, the next redirect triggers the error CURLE_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS 😭 this option only makes sense if CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3) is used at the same time. Like, it needs its bestie to actually do anything 💅

Setting the limit to 0 makes libcurl refuse any redirect — absolutely not, we are not doing that today 🙅‍♀️

Set it to -1 for an infinite number of redirects. And yes, that allows your application to get stuck in never-ending redirect loops 💀 consider yourself warned, fr fr.

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🌸 DEFAULT 🌸

30 (since 8.3.0), it was previously unlimited. glow-up behavior honestly ✨

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🧚 PROTOCOLS 🧚

This functionality affects http only 👑

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🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");

    /* enable redirect following */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);

    /* allow three redirects */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 3L);

    /* Perform the request */
    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}

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🎀 AVAILABILITY 🎀

Added in curl 7.5 — vintage icon behavior 💖

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💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3) 😌

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT(3)
• CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL(3)
• CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3)

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This iconic page is CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS(3) from the libcurl manual, dated 2026-10-12 — mwah, bye bestie, redirect responsibly 🫶💅✨