CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING (3) - Linux Manuals

CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING: enable/disable HTTP content decoding

NAME

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.