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CURLOPT_POSTREDIR(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_POSTREDIR(3) NAME CURLOPT_POSTREDIR - how to act on an 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 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 behavior is ubiquitous in web browsers, so the library does the conversion by default to maintain consistency. A server may require a POST to remain a POST after such a redirection. This option is meaningful only when setting CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3). This option affects transfers where libcurl has been told to use HTTP POST using for example CURLOPT_POST(3) or CURLOPT_MIMEPOST(3) and not if the method has merely been modified with CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST(3). DEFAULT 0 PROTOCOLS This functionality affects http only EXAMPLE int main(void) { CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { CURLcode result; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://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); result = curl_easy_perform(curl); curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } } HISTORY This option was known as CURLOPT_POST301 up to 7.19.0 as it only supported the 301 then. CURL_REDIR_POST_303 was added in 7.26.0. CURL_REDIR_* macros became long types in 8.16.0, prior to this version a long cast was necessary when passed to curl_easy_setopt(3). AVAILABILITY Added in curl 7.19.1 RETURN VALUE curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error. CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3). SEE ALSO CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3), CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT(3), CURLOPT_FOLLOWLO- CATION(3), CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS(3), CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3) libcurl 2026-06-11 CURLOPT_POSTREDIR(3)
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