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

       This functionality affects all supported protocols

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

       Added in curl 7.1

RETURN VALUE

       curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

       CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).

SEE ALSO

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

libcurl                                            2025-03-05                                  CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)