CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD_T(3) Library Functions Manual NAME CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD_T - get the number of downloaded bytes SYNOPSIS #include CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD_T, curl_off_t *dlp); DESCRIPTION Pass a pointer to a curl_off_t to receive the total amount of bytes that were downloaded. The amount is only for the latest transfer and gets reset again for each new transfer. This counts actual payload data, what's also commonly called body. All meta and header data is excluded from this amount. PROTOCOLS All EXAMPLE int main(void) { CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { CURLcode res; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com"); /* Perform the request */ res = curl_easy_perform(curl); if(!res) { /* check the size */ curl_off_t dl; res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD_T, &dl); if(!res) { printf("Downloaded %" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T " bytes\n", dl); } } } } AVAILABILITY Added in 7.55.0 RETURN VALUE Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. SEE ALSO CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD(3), CURLINFO_SIZE_UPLOAD_T(3), CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE(3), curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3) libcurl April 26 2024 CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD_T(3)