curl_easy_getinfo(3)

NAME
curl_easy_getinfo - extract information from a curl handle

SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *curl, CURLINFO info, ... );

DESCRIPTION
Request internal information from the curl session with this function. The third argument MUST be a pointer to a long, a pointer to a char *, a pointer to a struct curl_slist * or a pointer to a double (as this documentation describes further down). The data pointed-to will be filled in accordingly and can be relied upon only if the function returns CURLE_OK. This function is intended to get used AFTER a performed transfer, all results from this function are undefined until the transfer is completed. You should not free the memory returned by this function unless it is explictly mentioned below.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The following information can be extracted:

CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL
    Pass a pointer to a 'char *' to receive the last used effective URL.

CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE
    Pass a pointer to a long to receive the last received HTTP or FTP code. This option was known as CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE in libcurl 7.10.7 and earlier. This will be zero if no server response code has been received. Note that a proxy's CONNECT response should be read with CURLINFO_HTTP_CONNECTCODE and not this.

CURLINFO_HTTP_CONNECTCODE
    Pass a pointer to a long to receive the last received proxy response code to a CONNECT request.

CURLINFO_FILETIME
    Pass a pointer to a long to receive the remote time of the retrieved document. If you get -1, it can be because of many reasons (unknown, the server hides it or the server doesn't support the command that tells document time etc) and the time of the document is unknown. Note that you must tell the server to collect this information before the transfer is made, by using the CURLOPT_FILETIME option to curl_easy_setopt(3). (Added in 7.5)

CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME
    Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total transaction time in seconds for the previous transfer. This time does not include the connect time, so if you want the complete operation time, you should add the CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME.

CURLINFO_NAMELOOKUP_TIME
    Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the start until the name resolving was completed.

CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME
    Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the start until the connect to the remote host (or proxy) was completed.

CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME
    Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the start until the file transfer is just about to begin. This includes all pre-transfer commands and negotiations that are specific to the particular protocol(s) involved.

CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME
    Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the start until the first byte is just about to be transferred. This includes CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME and also the time the server needs to calculate the result.

CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME
    Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total time, in seconds, it took for all redirection steps include name lookup, connect, pretransfer and transfer before final transaction was started. CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME contains the complete execution time for multiple redirections. (Added in 7.9.7)

CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT
    Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total number of redirections that were actually followed. (Added in 7.9.7)

CURLINFO_SIZE_UPLOAD
    Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total amount of bytes that were uploaded.

CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD
    Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total amount of bytes that were downloaded. The amount is only for the latest transfer and will be reset again for each new transfer.

CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD
    Pass a pointer to a double to receive the average download speed that curl measured for the complete download.

CURLINFO_SPEED_UPLOAD
    Pass a pointer to a double to receive the average upload speed that curl measured for the complete upload.

CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE
    Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total size of all the headers received.

CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE
    Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total size of the issued requests. This is so far only for HTTP requests. Note that this may be more than one request if FOLLOWLOCATION is true.

CURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT
    Pass a pointer to a long to receive the result of the certification verification that was requested (using the CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER option to curl_easy_setopt(3)).

CURLINFO_SSL_ENGINES
    Pass the address of a 'struct curl_slist *' to receive a linked-list of OpenSSL crypto-engines supported. Note that engines are normally implemented in separate dynamic libraries. Hence not all the returned engines may be available at run-time. NOTE: you must call curl_slist_free_all(3) on the list pointer once you're done with it, as libcurl will not free the data for you. (Added in 7.12.3)

CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD
    Pass a pointer to a double to receive the content-length of the download. This is the value read from the Content-Length: field.

CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD
    Pass a pointer to a double to receive the specified size of the upload.

CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE
    Pass a pointer to a 'char *' to receive the content-type of the downloaded object. This is the value read from the Content-Type: field. If you get NULL, it means that the server didn't send a valid Content-Type header or that the protocol used doesn't support this.

CURLINFO_PRIVATE
    Pass a pointer to a 'char *' to receive the pointer to the private data associated with the curl handle (set with the CURLOPT_PRIVATE option to curl_easy_setopt(3)). (Added in 7.10.3)

CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL
    Pass a pointer to a long to receive a bitmask indicating the authentication method(s) available. The meaning of the bits is explained in the CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH option for curl_easy_setopt(3). (Added in 7.10.8)

CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL
    Pass a pointer to a long to receive a bitmask indicating the authentication method(s) available for your proxy authentication. (Added in 7.10.8)

CURLINFO_OS_ERRNO
    Pass a pointer to a long to receive the errno variable from a connect failure. (Added in 7.12.2)

CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS
    Pass a pointer to a long to receive how many new connections libcurl had to create to achieve the previous transfer (only the successful connects are counted). Combined with CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT you are able to know how many times libcurl successfully reused existing connection(s) or not. See the Connection Options of curl_easy_setopt(3) to see how libcurl tries to make persistent connections to save time. (Added in 7.12.3)

RETURN VALUE
If the operation was successful, CURLE_OK is returned. Otherwise an appropriate error code will be returned.

SEE ALSO
curl_easy_setopt(3)