NAME

       CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD - get the last used HTTP method

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD,
                                  char **methodp);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass in a pointer to a char pointer and get the last used effective HTTP method.

       In cases when you have asked libcurl to follow redirects, the method may not be the same method the first
       request would use.

       The  methodp pointer is NULL or points to private memory. You MUST NOT free - it gets freed when you call
       curl_easy_cleanup(3) on the corresponding CURL handle.

PROTOCOLS

       HTTP(S)

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           CURLcode res;
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "data");
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
           res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
           if(res == CURLE_OK) {
             char *method = NULL;
             curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD, &method);
             if(method)
               printf("Redirected to method: %s\n", method);
           }
           curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.72.0

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO

       curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3), CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3), CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3)

ibcurl 8.5.0                                    December 04, 2023                   CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)