CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING (3) Linux Manual Page

CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING – enable/disable HTTP content decoding

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 will be 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

HTTP

Example

TODO

Availability

Added in 7.16.2

Return Value

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

See Also

CURLOPT_STDERR(3), CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3)