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curl_easy_setopt.3: headers can be CURL_MAX_HTTP_HEADER bytes

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Mention this maximum header size for the header callback cases
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Daniel Stenberg 2011-10-24 16:43:53 +02:00
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@ -171,8 +171,12 @@ Set the \fIuserdata\fP argument with the \fICURLOPT_WRITEDATA\fP option.
The callback function will be passed as much data as possible in all invokes,
but you cannot possibly make any assumptions. It may be one byte, it may be
thousands. The maximum amount of data that can be passed to the write callback
is defined in the curl.h header file: CURL_MAX_WRITE_SIZE.
thousands. The maximum amount of body data that can be passed to the write
callback is defined in the curl.h header file: CURL_MAX_WRITE_SIZE (the usual
default is 16K). If you however have \fICURLOPT_HEADER\fP set, which sends
header data to the write callback, you can get up to
\fICURL_MAX_HTTP_HEADER\fP bytes of header data passed into it. This usually
means 100K.
.IP CURLOPT_WRITEDATA
Data pointer to pass to the file write function. If you use the
\fICURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION\fP option, this is the pointer you'll get as
@ -354,6 +358,9 @@ of bytes actually taken care of. If that amount differs from the amount passed
to your function, it'll signal an error to the library. This will abort the
transfer and return \fICURL_WRITE_ERROR\fP.
A complete header that is passed to this function can be up to
\fICURL_MAX_HTTP_HEADER\fP (100K) bytes.
If this option is not set, or if it is set to NULL, but
\fICURLOPT_HEADERDATA\fP (\fICURLOPT_WRITEHEADER\fP) is set to anything but
NULL, the function used to accept response data will be used instead. That is,