CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)          Library Functions Manual          CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_NOBODY - do the download request without getting the body

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_NOBODY, long opt);

DESCRIPTION
       A long parameter set to 1 tells libcurl to not include the body-part in
       the output when doing what would otherwise be a download. For HTTP(S),
       this makes libcurl do a HEAD request. For most other protocols it means
       just not asking to transfer the body data.

       For HTTP operations when CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) has been set, disabling this
       option (with 0) makes it a GET again - only if the method is still set
       to be HEAD. The proper way to get back to a GET request is to set
       CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3) and for other methods, use the POST or UPLOAD
       options.

       Enabling CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) means asking for a download without a body.

       If you do a transfer with HTTP that involves a method other than HEAD,
       you get a body (unless the resource and server sends a zero byte body
       for the specific URL you request).

DEFAULT
       0, the body is transferred

PROTOCOLS
       All

EXAMPLE
       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

           /* get us the resource without a body - use HEAD! */
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1L);

           /* Perform the request */
           curl_easy_perform(curl);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Always

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3), CURLOPT_MIMEPOST(3), CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3),
       CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3), CURLOPT_UPLOAD(3)

libcurl                          April 26 2024               CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)