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CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD(3) Library Functions Manual CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD(3)

NAME

CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD - get the specified size of the upload

SYNOPSIS


#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD,
double *content_length);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to a double to receive the specified size of the upload. Since 7.19.4, this returns -1 if the size is not known.
 
CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD_T(3) is a newer replacement that returns a more sensible variable type.

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE


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

/* Perform the upload */
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

if(!res) {
/* check the size */
double cl;
res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD, &cl);
if(!res) {
printf("Size: %.0f\n", cl);
}
}
}
}

DEPRECATED

Deprecated since 7.55.0.

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.6.1

RETURN VALUE

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

SEE ALSO

CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T(3), curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3)
2025-05-14 libcurl
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