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.TH CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING 3 "September 26, 2023" "ibcurl 8.4.0" libcurl

.SH NAME
CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING \- HTTP transfer decoding control
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING,
                         long enabled);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long to tell libcurl how to act on transfer decoding. If set to zero,
transfer decoding is disabled, if set to 1 it is enabled (default). libcurl
does chunked transfer decoding by default unless this option is set to zero.
.SH DEFAULT
1
.SH PROTOCOLS
HTTP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  CURLcode ret;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_TRANSFER_DECODING, 0L);
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.16.2 Does not work with the hyper backend (it always has transfer
decoding enabled).
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING (3),
.BR CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING (3)