CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)                         curl_easy_getinfo options

NAME
       CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD - get the last used HTTP method

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD,
                                  char **methodp);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass in a pointer to a char pointer and get the last used effective
       HTTP method.

       In cases when you've asked libcurl to follow redirects, the method may
       very well not be the same method the first request would use.

       The methodp pointer will be NULL or pointing to private memory you MUST
       NOT free - it gets freed when you call _easy_cleanup&section=3">curl_easy_cleanup(3) on the
       corresponding CURL handle.

PROTOCOLS
       HTTP(S)

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         CURLcode res;
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "data");
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
         if(res == CURLE_OK) {
           char *method = NULL;
           curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD, &method);
           if(method)
             printf("Redirected to method: %s\n", method);
         }
         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.72.0

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
       if not.

SEE ALSO
       curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3),

libcurl 7.77.0                 November 4, 2020   CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3)