CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)                          Library Functions Manual

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 is NULL or points to private memory. You MUST NOT
       free - it gets freed when you call curl_easy_cleanup(3) on the
       corresponding CURL handle.

PROTOCOLS
       HTTP

EXAMPLE
       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);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.72.0

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

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

libcurl                          April 26 2024    CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)