CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING(3)

NAME
CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING - enable/disable HTTP transfer decoding

SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING,
                         long enabled);

DESCRIPTION
Pass a long to tell libcurl how to act on transfer decoding. If set to zero, transfer decoding will be disabled, if set to 1 it is enabled (default). libcurl does chunked transfer decoding by default unless this option is set to zero.

DEFAULT
1

PROTOCOLS
HTTP

EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  CURLcode ret;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING, 0L);
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.16.2

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

SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING(3), CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3),