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CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)        libcurl       CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)


NAME

       CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD - get the last used HTTP method


SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD,
                                  char **methodp);


DESCRIPTION

       Pass in a pointer to a char pointer and get the last used effective
       HTTP method.

       In cases when you have asked libcurl to follow redirects, the method
       may not be the same method the first request would use.

       The methodp pointer will be NULL or pointing to private memory you MUST
       NOT free - it gets freed when you call curl_easy_cleanup(3) on the
       corresponding CURL handle.


PROTOCOLS

       HTTP(S)


EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         CURLcode res;
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "data");
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
         if(res == CURLE_OK) {
           char *method = NULL;
           curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD, &method);
           if(method)
             printf("Redirected to method: %s\n", method);
         }
         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }


AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.72.0


RETURN VALUE

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


SEE ALSO

       curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3),

ibcurl 8.1.2                    April 26, 2023    CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)

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