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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..deee12546 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD.3 @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.\" ************************************************************************** +.\" * _ _ ____ _ +.\" * Project ___| | | | _ \| | +.\" * / __| | | | |_) | | +.\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ +.\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| +.\" * +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2020, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * +.\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which +.\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms +.\" * are also available at https://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html. +.\" * +.\" * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell +.\" * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is +.\" * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file. +.\" * +.\" * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY +.\" * KIND, either express or implied. +.\" * +.\" ************************************************************************** +.\" +.TH CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD 3 "28 Aug 2015" "libcurl 7.72.0" "curl_easy_getinfo options" +.SH NAME +CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD \- get the last used HTTP method +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +#include <curl/curl.h> + +CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD, + char **methodp); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +Pass in a pointer to a char pointer and get the last used effective HTTP +method. + +In cases when you've asked libcurl to follow redirects, the method may very +well not be the same method the first request would use. + +The \fBmethodp\fP pointer will be NULL or pointing to private memory you MUST +NOT free - it gets freed when you call \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP on the +corresponding CURL handle. +.SH PROTOCOLS +HTTP(S) +.SH EXAMPLE +.nf +CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); +if(curl) { + CURLcode res; + curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://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); +} +.fi +.SH AVAILABILITY +Added in 7.72.0 +.SH RETURN VALUE +Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR curl_easy_getinfo "(3), " curl_easy_setopt "(3), " |