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.TH CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE 3 "2025-04-10" libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE \- get size of sent request
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

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
\fIcurl_easy_getinfo(3)\fP returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non\-zero means an error occurred, see
\fIlibcurl\-errors(3)\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE (3),
.BR CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD_T (3),
.BR curl_easy_getinfo (3),
.BR curl_easy_setopt (3)