CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)                          Library Functions Manual

NAME
       CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD - last used HTTP request 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 is NULL or points to private memory. You must not
       free it. The memory gets freed automatically when you call
       curl_easy_cleanup(3) on the corresponding curl handle.

PROTOCOLS
       This functionality affects http only

EXAMPLE
       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           CURLcode result;
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "data");
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
           result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
           if(result == 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 curl 7.72.0

RETURN VALUE
       curl_easy_getinfo(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).

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3), CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3),
       curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3)

libcurl                           2026-03-11      CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)