GNURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is the GNURLOPT_H...ER_DECODING(3) manual page, straight from the curl_easy_setopt options crew, and it's literally about CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING — the enable/disable HTTP transfer decoding option. Bestie, that's the whole assignment: turn HTTP transfer decoding on or off. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here's the exact spell, no cap:

       #include <gnurl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING,
                                long enabled);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

You pass a long to tell libcurl how to act on transfer decoding. If set to zero, transfer decoding will be disabled, if set to 1 it is enabled (default). libcurl does chunked transfer decoding by default unless this option is set to zero. periodt ✨

🎀 DEFAULT 🎀

1 — decoding is on by default. Slay. 👑

🦋 PROTOCOLS 🦋

HTTP — that's the protocol in the house. 💅

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         CURLcode ret;
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING, 0L);
         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

So here you init, set the URL, set transfer decoding to 0L, and perform. No extra steps, no drama. 🫶

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

Added in 7.16.2 — vintage but still iconic. 🎀

💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. iykyk 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Go give these a read, bestie: CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING(3), CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3), — yes, the trailing comma is coming along too. 🫶

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This lil page is from libcurl 7.37.0, dated 19 Jun 2014, with the manual name GNURLOPT_H...ER_DECODING(3) — bye bestie, go decode responsibly 💖✨