CURLOPT_POSTREDIR(3)

CURLOPT_POSTREDIR(3)curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_POSTREDIR(3)

NAME

     CURLOPT_POSTREDIR - how to act on a HTTP POST redirect

SYNOPSIS

     #include <curl/curl.h>

     CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_POSTREDIR,
                               long bitmask);

DESCRIPTION

     Pass a bitmask to control  how  libcurl  acts  on  redirects
     after  POSTs  that  get  a 301, 302 or 303 response back.  A
     parameter with bit 0 set (value  CURL_REDIR_POST_301)  tells
     the library to respect RFC 7231 (section 6.4.2 to 6.4.4) and
     not convert POST requests into GET requests when following a
     301  redirection.  Setting bit 1 (value CURL_REDIR_POST_302)
     makes libcurl  maintain  the  request  method  after  a  302
     redirect  whilst  setting  bit 2 (value CURL_REDIR_POST_303)
     makes libcurl  maintain  the  request  method  after  a  303
     redirect.  The  value  CURL_REDIR_POST_ALL  is a convenience
     define that sets all three bits.

     The non-RFC behaviour is ubiquitous in web browsers, so  the
     library  does  the  conversion  by  default to maintain con-
     sistency. However, a server may require a POST to  remain  a
     POST  after  such  a  redirection. This option is meaningful
     only when setting CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3).

DEFAULT

     0

PROTOCOLS

     HTTP(S)

EXAMPLE

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

       /* a silly POST example */
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "data=true");

       /* example.com is redirected, so we tell libcurl to send POST on 301, 302 and
          303 HTTP response codes */
       curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTREDIR, CURL_REDIR_POST_ALL);

       curl_easy_perform(curl);
     }

AVAILABILITY

     Added in 7.17.1. This option was known as CURLOPT_POST301 up
     to   7.19.0   as   it   only   supported   the   301   then.

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CURLOPT_POSTREDIR(3)curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_POSTREDIR(3)

     CURL_REDIR_POST_303 was added in 7.26.0.

RETURN VALUE

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

SEE ALSO

     CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3), CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3),

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