curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_HTTPGET.3
Daniel Stenberg d5a2df5f1d
docs: clarify CURLOPT_HTTPGET somewhat
Reported-by: bsammon on github
Fixes #2590
2018-05-21 10:29:28 +02:00

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.TH CURLOPT_HTTPGET 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_HTTPGET \- ask for an HTTP GET request
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, long useget);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long. If \fIuseget\fP is 1, this forces the HTTP request to get back to
using GET. Usable if a POST, HEAD, PUT, etc has been used previously using the
same curl \fIhandle\fP.
When setting \fICURLOPT_HTTPGET(3)\fP to 1, it will automatically set
\fICURLOPT_NOBODY(3)\fP to 0 and \fICURLOPT_UPLOAD(3)\fP to 0.
Setting this option to zero has no effect. Applications need to explicitly
select which HTTP request method to use, they cannot deselect a method. To
reset a handle to default method, consider \fIcurl_easy_reset(3)\fP.
.SH DEFAULT
0
.SH PROTOCOLS
HTTP(S)
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
/* use a GET to fetch this */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1L);
/* Perform the request */
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Along with HTTP
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_NOBODY "(3), " CURLOPT_UPLOAD "(3), " CURLOPT_POST "(3), "
.BR curl_easy_reset "(3) "