.\" generated by cd2nroff 0.1 from CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE.md .TH CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE 3 "2024-10-20" libcurl .SH NAME CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE \- get size of sent request .SH SYNOPSIS .nf #include CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE, long *sizep); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total size of the issued requests. This is so far only for HTTP requests. Note that this may be more than one request if \fICURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3)\fP is enabled. .SH PROTOCOLS This functionality affects all supported protocols .SH EXAMPLE .nf int main(void) { CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { CURLcode res; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com"); res = curl_easy_perform(curl); if(res == CURLE_OK) { long req; res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE, &req); if(!res) printf("Request size: %ld bytes\\n", req); } curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } } .fi .SH AVAILABILITY Added in curl 7.4.1 .SH RETURN VALUE Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. .SH SEE ALSO .BR CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE (3), .BR CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD_T (3), .BR curl_easy_getinfo (3), .BR curl_easy_setopt (3)