CURLOPT_NOBODY

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_NOBODY, long opt);

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.

Enabling this option means asking for a download but without a body.

0, the body is transferred

Most

curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
  /* get us the resource without a body! */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1L);
  /* Perform the request */
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

Always

Returns CURLE_OK

CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3), CURLOPT_POST(3), CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3),