CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING - enables automatic decompression of HTTP down-
       loads

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle,  CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING,  char
       *enc);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass a char * argument specifying what encoding you'd like.

       Sets  the  contents  of  the  Accept-Encoding:  header  sent  in a HTTP
       request, and enables decoding of a response  when  a  Content-Encoding:
       header  is  received.  Three encodings are supported: identity, meaning
       non-compressed, deflate which  requests  the  server  to  compress  its
       response  using  the  zlib  algorithm, and gzip which requests the gzip
       algorithm.

       If a zero-length string is set like "", then an Accept-Encoding: header
       containing all built-in supported encodings is sent.

       Set  this  option to NULL to explicitly disable it, which makes libcurl
       not send an Accept-Encoding: header and not decompress  contents  auto-
       matically.

       You  can  also  opt to just include the Accept-Encoding: header in your
       request with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3) but then there will be no  automatic
       decompressing when receiving data.

       This is a request, not an order; the server may or may not do it.  This
       option must be set (to any non-NULL  value)  or  else  any  unsolicited
       encoding done by the server is ignored.

       Servers  might  respond  with  Content-Encoding  even without getting a
       Accept-Encoding: in the request. Servers might respond with a different
       Content-Encoding than what was asked for in the request.

       The  Content-Length: servers send for a compressed response is supposed
       to indicate the length of the compressed content so when auto  decoding
       is  enabled  it  may  not  match the sum of bytes reported by the write
       callbacks (although, sending the length of the  non-compressed  content
       is a common server mistake).

       The  application  does not have to keep the string around after setting
       this option.

DEFAULT
       NULL

PROTOCOLS
       HTTP

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");

         /* enable all supported built-in compressions */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, "");

         /* Perform the request */
         curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       This option was called CURLOPT_ENCODING before 7.21.6

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is  supported,  CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION  if
       not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING(3),  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3), CURLOPT_HTTP_CON-
       TENT_DECODING(3),

libcurl 7.54.0                 December 21, 2016    CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3)