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)
       will make 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 will 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

       Most

EXAMPLE

       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

       Always

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO

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