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CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING(3)

NAME

CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING - HTTP content decoding control

SYNOPSIS


#include <curl/curl.h>

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

DESCRIPTION

Pass a long to tell libcurl how to act on content decoding. If set to zero, content decoding is disabled. If set to 1 it is enabled. Libcurl has no default content decoding but requires you to use CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3) for that.

DEFAULT

1

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects http only

EXAMPLE


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

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.16.2

RETURN VALUE

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

SEE ALSO

CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3), CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_STDERR(3)
2025-05-14 libcurl
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