CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD: added

Provide the HTTP method that was used on the latest request, which might
be relevant for users when there was one or more redirects involved.

Closes #5511

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/getinfo.c b/lib/getinfo.c
index 6d5bd5fc5..675a616f0 100644
--- a/lib/getinfo.c
+++ b/lib/getinfo.c
@@ -95,6 +95,34 @@ static CURLcode getinfo_char(struct Curl_easy *data, CURLINFO info,
   case CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL:
     *param_charp = data->change.url?data->change.url:(char *)"";
     break;
+  case CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD: {
+    const char *m = data->set.str[STRING_CUSTOMREQUEST];
+    if(!m) {
+      if(data->set.opt_no_body)
+        m = "HEAD";
+      else {
+        switch(data->state.httpreq) {
+        case HTTPREQ_POST:
+        case HTTPREQ_POST_FORM:
+        case HTTPREQ_POST_MIME:
+          m = "POST";
+          break;
+        case HTTPREQ_PUT:
+          m = "PUT";
+          break;
+        default: /* this should never happen */
+        case HTTPREQ_GET:
+          m = "GET";
+          break;
+        case HTTPREQ_HEAD:
+          m = "HEAD";
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    *param_charp = m;
+  }
+    break;
   case CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE:
     *param_charp = data->info.contenttype;
     break;