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.

Enabling this option means asking for a download but without a body.

DEFAULT
0, the body is transferred

PROTOCOLS
Most

EXAMPLE
curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");

  /* get us the resource without a body! */
  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_POST(3), CURLOPT_REQUEST_TARGET(3),