GNURLOPT_NOBODY(3)

okay bestie, this is GNURLOPT_NOBODY(3) — the manual page for CURLOPT_NOBODY, and it is so main character. 💅 The whole assignment? Do the download request without getting the body. Let's go. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

CURLOPT_NOBODY - do the download request without getting the body.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <gnurl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_NOBODY, long opt);

So you're calling curl_easy_setopt with a CURL *handle, the CURLOPT_NOBODY option, and a long opt — periodt. 🎀

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

A long parameter set to 1 tells libcurl to not include the body-part in the output when doing what would otherwise be a download. For HTTP(S), this makes libcurl do a HEAD request. For most other protocols it means just not asking to transfer the body data. It's giving "look but don't touch" energy, lowkey. 🙈

For HTTP operations when CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) has been set, unsetting the option (with 0) will make it a GET again - only if the method is still set to be HEAD. The proper way to get back to a GET request is to set CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3) and for other methods, use the POST ur UPLOAD options. Bestie, do not just yolo that 0 and assume everything is a GET again. 😭

Enabling CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) means asking for a download without a body. Literally the whole vibe. ✨

If you do a transfer with HTTP that involves a method other than HEAD, you will get a body (unless the resource and server sends a zero byte body for the specific URL you request). So yeah, no cap — other methods can still bring the body to the function. 💀

🎀 DEFAULT 🎀

0, the body is transferred.

🦋 PROTOCOLS 🦋

Most protocols. Not all, but most — iykyk. 🌈

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

  /* get us the resource without a body - use HEAD! */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1L);

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

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

Always — like, always always. 🫶

💖 RETURN VALUE 💖

Returns CURLE_OK. That's it, that's the whole return value, no plot twist. 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3)
• CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3)
• CURLOPT_UPLOAD(3)
• CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3)
• CURLOPT_MIMEPOST(3)

mwah 💋 — this iconic little page is from libcurl 7.37.0, dated 17 Jun 2014, and it's proudly serving GNURLOPT_NOBODY(3) realness. Bye bestie! 🫶✨