NAME

       CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING - HTTP content decoding control

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING,
                                 long enabled);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass a long to tell libcurl how to act on content decoding. If set to zero, content decoding is disabled.
       If  set  to  1  it  is  enabled.  libcurl  has  no  default  content  decoding  but  requires  you to use
       CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3) for that.

DEFAULT

       1

PROTOCOLS

       This functionality affects http only

EXAMPLE

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

AVAILABILITY

       Added in curl 7.16.2

RETURN VALUE

       curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

       CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3), CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION(3), CURLOPT_STDERR(3)

libcurl                                            2025-03-05                   CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING(3)