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CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT

Section: curl_easy_getinfo options (3)
Updated: May 05, 2017
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NAME

CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT - get the number of redirects

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT, long *countp);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total number of redirections that were actually followed.

PROTOCOLS

HTTP(S)

EXAMPLE

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  CURLcode res;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
  res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  if(res == CURLE_OK) {
    long redirects;
    curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT, &redirects);
  }
  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.9.7

RETURN VALUE

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