CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)          curl_easy_setopt options          CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)

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 _NOBODY&section=3">CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) has been set, unsetting the
       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
       _HTTPGET&section=3">CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3) and for other methods, use the POST or UPLOAD
       options.

       Enabling _NOBODY&section=3">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),

libcurl 7.77.0                 November 4, 2020              CURLOPT_NOBODY(3)