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CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3) Introduction to Library Functions CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3)

NAME

CURLOPT_HTTPGET - ask for an HTTP GET request

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, long useget);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a long. If useget is 1, this forces the HTTP request to get back
to using GET. Usable if a POST, HEAD, PUT, etc has been used
previously using the same curl handle.

When setting CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3) to 1, libcurl automatically sets
CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) to 0 and CURLOPT_UPLOAD(3) to 0.

Setting this option to zero has no effect. Applications need to
explicitly select which HTTP request method to use, they cannot
deselect a method. To reset a handle to default method, consider
curl_easy_reset(3).

DEFAULT

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects http only

EXAMPLE

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

/* use a GET to fetch this */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1L);

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

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.8.1

RETURN VALUE

curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error
occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).