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curl_easy_header (3)

Name

curl_easy_header - get an HTTP header

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLHcode curl_easy_header(CURL *easy,
const char *name,
size_t index,
unsigned int origin,
int request,
struct curl_header **hout);

Description

curl_easy_header(3)             libcurl Manual             curl_easy_header(3)



NAME
       curl_easy_header - get an HTTP header

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLHcode curl_easy_header(CURL *easy,
                                  const char *name,
                                  size_t index,
                                  unsigned int origin,
                                  int request,
                                  struct curl_header **hout);

DESCRIPTION
       EXPERIMENTAL feature!

       curl_easy_header(3) returns a pointer to a "curl_header" struct in hout
       with data for the HTTP response header name. The case insensitive  nul-
       terminated header name should be specified without colon.

       index  0  means  asking  for  the  first instance of the header. If the
       returned header struct has amount set larger than 1, it means there are
       more  instances  of the same header name available to get. Asking for a
       too big index makes CURLHE_BADINDEX get returned.

       The origin argument is for specifying which headers to  receive,  as  a
       single  HTTP  transfer  might  provide  headers  from several different
       places and they may then have different  importance  to  the  user  and
       headers  using the same name might be used. The origin is a bitmask for
       what header sources you want. See the descriptions below.

       The request argument tells libcurl from which request you want  headers
       from.  A single transfer might consist of a series of HTTP requests and
       this argument lets you specify which particular individual request  you
       want  the  headers  from. 0 being the first request and then the number
       increases for further redirects or when multi-state  authentication  is
       used.  Passing in -1 is a shortcut to "the last" request in the series,
       independently of the actual amount of requests used.

       libcurl stores and provides the actually used "correct" headers. If for
       example  two headers with the same name arrive and the latter overrides
       the former, then only the latter will be provided. If the first  header
       survives  the  second,  then  only  the  first one will be provided. An
       application using this API does not have to bother about multiple head-
       ers used wrongly.

       The  memory  for the returned struct is associated with the easy handle
       and subsequent calls to curl_easy_header(3)  will  clobber  the  struct
       used  in the previous calls for the same easy handle. Applications need
       to copy the data if it wants to keep it around. The memory used for the
       struct gets freed with calling curl_easy_cleanup(3) of the easy handle.

       The first line in an HTTP response is called the status line. It is not
       considered a header by this function. Headers  are  the  "name:  value"
       lines following the status.

       This  function  can be used before (all) headers have been received and
       is fine to call from within libcurl callbacks. It  will  always  return
       the state of the headers at the time it is called.

The header struct
       struct curl_header {
          char *name;
          char *value;
          size_t amount;
          size_t index;
          unsigned int origin;
          void *anchor;
       };

       The  data  name field points to, will be the same as the requested name
       but it might have a different case.

       The data value field points to, comes exactly  as  delivered  over  the
       network  but with leading and trailing whitespace and newlines stripped
       off. The `value` data is nul-terminated.

       amount is how many headers using this name that exist, within the  ori-
       gin and request scope asked for.

       index  is  the zero based entry number of this particular header, which
       in case this header was used more than once in the requested scope  can
       be larger than 0 but is always less than amount.

       The origin field in the "curl_header" struct has one of the origin bits
       set, indicating where from the header originates. At the time  of  this
       writing, there are 5 bits with defined use. The undocumented 27 remain-
       ing bits are reserved for future use and must not be  assumed  to  have
       any particular value.

       anchor is a private handle used by libcurl internals. Do not modify.

ORIGINS
       CURLH_HEADER
              The header arrived as a header from the server.

       CURLH_TRAILER
              The header arrived as a trailer. A header that arrives after the
              body.

       CURLH_CONNECT
              The header arrived in a CONNECT response. A CONNECT  request  is
              being done to setup a transfer "through" an HTTP(S) proxy.

       CURLH_1XX
              The header arrived in an HTTP 1xx response. A 1xx response is an
              "intermediate" response that  might  happen  before  the  "real"
              response.

       CURLH_PSUEDO
              The header is an HTTP/2 or HTTP/3 pseudo header

EXAMPLE
       struct curl_header *type;
       CURLHcode h =
         curl_easy_header(easy, "Content-Type", 0, CURLH_HEADER, -1, &type);

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.83.0

RETURN VALUE
       This function returns a CURLHcode indicating success or error.

       CURLHE_BADINDEX (1)
              There is no header with the requested index.

       CURLHE_MISSING (2)
              No such header exists.

       CURLHE_NOHEADERS (3)
              No headers at all have been recorded.

       CURLHE_NOREQUEST (4)
              There was no such request number.

       CURLHE_OUT_OF_MEMORY (5)
              Out of resources

       CURLHE_BAD_ARGUMENT (6)
              One or more of the given arguments are bad.

       CURLHE_NOT_BUILT_IN (7)
              HTTP or the header API has been disabled in the build.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | web/curl         |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       curl_easy_nextheader(3),    curl_easy_perform(3),   CURLOPT_HEADERFUNC-
       TION(3), CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE(3)



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source      was      downloaded       from        https://curl.se/down-
       load/curl-7.83.1.tar.bz2.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://curl.haxx.se/.



libcurl 7.83.1                  April 11, 2022             curl_easy_header(3)