.\" generated by cd2nroff 0.1 from CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD.md .TH CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD 3 "2024-12-12" libcurl .SH NAME CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD \- get the last used HTTP method .SH SYNOPSIS .nf #include CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD, char **methodp); .fi .SH 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 \fBmethodp\fP pointer is NULL or points to private memory. You MUST NOT free \- it gets freed when you call \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP on the corresponding CURL handle. .SH PROTOCOLS This functionality affects http only .SH EXAMPLE .nf int main(void) { 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); } } .fi .SH AVAILABILITY Added in curl 7.72.0 .SH RETURN VALUE Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. .SH SEE ALSO .BR CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST (3), .BR CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION (3), .BR curl_easy_getinfo (3), .BR curl_easy_setopt (3)