NAME¶

CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT - get the number of redirects

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT, long *countp);

DESCRIPTION¶

Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total number of redirections that were actually followed.

PROTOCOLS¶

HTTP(S)

EXAMPLE¶

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {


  CURLcode res;


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");


  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);


  res = curl_easy_perform(curl);


  if(res == CURLE_OK) {


    long redirects;


    curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT, &redirects);


  }


  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY¶

Added in 7.9.7

RETURN VALUE¶

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

SEE ALSO¶

curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3),