GNURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE(3)

🎀 GNURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE(3): get size of sent request 🎀

okay so bestie, this page is GNURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE(3) from the curl_easy_getinfo options manual, and it's literally all about asking “how big was the request we sent?” ✨ no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE — get size of sent request 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <gnurl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE, long
       *sizep);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

You pass in a pointer to a long, and it receives the total size of the issued requests. So far, this is only for HTTP requests — that's the vibe check on it. 👑

Also highkey note: this may be more than one request if CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3) is enabled. Like, the total can cover multiple requests in that case, periodt. 💅

🌈 PROTOCOLS 🌈

All — every protocol, no cap. ⭐

🧚 EXAMPLE 🧚

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  CURLcode res;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
  res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  if(res == CURLE_OK) {
    long req;
    res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE, &req);
    if(!res)
      printf("Request size: %ld bytes\n", req);
  }
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

💜 AVAILABILITY 💜

Added in 7.4.1 — iconic since day one. 🫶

🔥 RETURN VALUE 🔥

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. That's the whole mood. 💀

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

• curl_easy_getinfo(3)
• curl_easy_setopt(3)
• CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE(3)
• CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD(3),

mwah 💋✨ cute little sign-off: this page is from libcurl 7.44.0, dated 1 Sep 2015, and it ate. 🎀👑