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, unsetting the option (with 0) will make 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 will 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

       Most

EXAMPLE

       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_POSTFIELDS(3),       CURLOPT_UPLOAD(3),       CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3),
       CURLOPT_MIMEPOST(3),

libcurl 7.81.0                                  November 26, 2021                              CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)