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.TH CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING 3 "2024-08-02" libcurl
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.SH NAME
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CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING \- automatic decompression of HTTP downloads
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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#include <curl/curl.h>
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CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, char *enc);
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Pass a char pointer argument specifying what encoding you would like.
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Sets the contents of the Accept\-Encoding: header sent in an HTTP request, and
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enables decoding of a response when a Content\-Encoding: header is received.
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libcurl potentially supports several different compressed encodings depending
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on what support that has been built\-in.
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To aid applications not having to bother about what specific algorithms this
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particular libcurl build supports, libcurl allows a zero\-length string to be
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set ("") to ask for an Accept\-Encoding: header to be used that contains all
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built\-in supported encodings.
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Alternatively, you can specify exactly the encoding or list of encodings you
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want in the response. The following encodings are supported: \fIidentity\fP,
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meaning non\-compressed, \fIdeflate\fP which requests the server to compress
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its response using the zlib algorithm, \fIgzip\fP which requests the gzip
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algorithm, (since curl 7.57.0) \fIbr\fP which is brotli and (since curl
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7.72.0) \fIzstd\fP which is zstd. Provide them in the string as a
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comma\-separated list of accepted encodings, like: \fB"br, gzip, deflate"\fP.
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Set \fICURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3)\fP to NULL to explicitly disable it, which
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makes libcurl not send an Accept\-Encoding: header and not decompress received
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contents automatically.
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You can also opt to just include the Accept\-Encoding: header in your request
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with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3)\fP but then there is no automatic decompressing
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when receiving data.
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This is a request, not an order; the server may or may not do it. This option
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must be set (to any non\-NULL value) or else any unsolicited encoding done by
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the server is ignored.
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Servers might respond with Content\-Encoding even without getting a
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Accept\-Encoding: in the request. Servers might respond with a different
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Content\-Encoding than what was asked for in the request.
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The Content\-Length: servers send for a compressed response is supposed to
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indicate the length of the compressed content so when auto decoding is enabled
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it may not match the sum of bytes reported by the write callbacks (although,
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sending the length of the non\-compressed content is a common server mistake).
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The application does not have to keep the string around after setting this
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option.
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.SH HISTORY
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This option was called CURLOPT_ENCODING before 7.21.6
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.SH NOTES
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The specific libcurl you are using must have been built with zlib to be able to
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decompress gzip and deflate responses, with the brotli library to
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decompress brotli responses and with the zstd library to decompress zstd
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responses.
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.SH DEFAULT
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NULL
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.SH PROTOCOLS
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This functionality affects http only
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.SH EXAMPLE
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.nf
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int main(void)
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{
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CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
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if(curl) {
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
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/* enable all supported built-in compressions */
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, "");
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/* Perform the request */
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curl_easy_perform(curl);
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}
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}
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.fi
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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Added in curl 7.21.6
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or
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CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER (3),
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.BR CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING (3),
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.BR CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING (3)
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