CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGcurl_easy_setopt opCURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH - ignore content length

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH,
                                 long ignore);

DESCRIPTION
       If  ignore  is  set to 1L, ignore the Content-Length header in the HTTP
       response and ignore asking for or relying on it for FTP transfers.

       This is useful for HTTP with Apache 1.x  (and  similar  servers)  which
       will  report  incorrect  content  length for files over 2 gigabytes. If
       this option is used,  curl  will  not  be  able  to  accurately  report
       progress,  and  will  simply stop the download when the server ends the
       connection.

       It is also useful with FTP when for example the file is  growing  while
       the  transfer is in progress which otherwise will unconditionally cause
       libcurl to report error.

       Only use this option if strictly necessary.

DEFAULT
       0

PROTOCOLS
       HTTP

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

         /* we know the server is silly, ignore content-length */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH, 1L);

         curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.14.1. Support for FTP added in 7.46.0.

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported,  and  CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
       if not.

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION(3), CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE(3),

libcurl 7.54.0                 February 03, 20CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH(3)