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NAME

       CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING - enables automatic decompression of HTTP downloads

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, char *enc);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass a char * argument specifying what encoding you'd like.

       Sets  the  contents  of  the  Accept-Encoding:  header  sent in a HTTP request, and enables decoding of a
       response when a Content-Encoding: header is received.  Three encodings  are  supported:  identity,  which
       does  nothing,  deflate  which requests the server to compress its response using the zlib algorithm, and
       gzip which requests the gzip algorithm.

       If a zero-length string is set like "", then an Accept-Encoding: header containing all built-in supported
       encodings is sent.

       You  can  also opt to just include the Accept-Encoding: header in your request with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3)
       but then there will be no automatic decompressing when receiving data.

       This is a request, not an order; the server may or may not do it.  This option must be set (to  any  non-
       NULL  value)  or  else  any  unsolicited  encoding  done  by  the server is ignored. See the special file
       lib/README.encoding for further details.

DEFAULT

       NULL

PROTOCOLS

       HTTP

EXAMPLE

       TODO

AVAILABILITY

       This option was called CURLOPT_ENCODING before 7.21.6

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there
       was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING(3), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3), CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING(3),