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)
       makes 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  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

       This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *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

       Added in curl 7.1

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO

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