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curl_easy_getinfo(3) Library Functions Manual curl_easy_getinfo(3) NAME curl_easy_getinfo - extract information from a curl handle SYNOPSIS #include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *curl, CURLINFO info, ...); DESCRIPTION Get the info kept in the curl handle. The third argument MUST be pointing to the specific type of the used option which is documented in each man page of the info option. The data is stored accordingly and can be relied upon only if this function returns CURLE_OK. Use this function after a per- formed transfer if you want to get transfer related data. You should not free the memory returned by this function unless it is ex- plicitly mentioned below. OPTIONS The following information can be extracted: CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET The session's active socket. See CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET(3) CURLINFO_APPCONNECT_TIME The time it took from the start until the SSL connect/handshake with the remote host was completed as a double in number of seconds. CURLINFO_APPCONNECT_TIME_T The time it took from the start until the SSL connect/handshake with the remote host was completed in number of microseconds. (Added in 7.60.0) See CURLINFO_APPCONNECT_TIME_T(3) CURLINFO_CAINFO Get the default value for CURLOPT_CAINFO(3). See CURLINFO_CAINFO(3) CURLINFO_CAPATH Get the default value for CURLOPT_CAPATH(3). See CURLINFO_CAPATH(3) CURLINFO_CERTINFO Certificate chain. See CURLINFO_CERTINFO(3) CURLINFO_CONDITION_UNMET Whether or not a time conditional was met or 304 HTTP response. See CURLINFO_CONDITION_UNMET(3) CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME The time it took from the start until the connect to the remote host (or proxy) was completed. As a double. See CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME(3) CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME_T The time it took from the start until the connect to the remote host (or proxy) was completed. In microseconds. See CURLINFO_CON- NECT_TIME_T(3). CURLINFO_CONN_ID The ID of the last connection used by the transfer. (Added in 8.2.0) See CURLINFO_CONN_ID(3) CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD (Deprecated) Content length from the Content-Length header. See CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD(3) CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T Content length from the Content-Length header. See CURLINFO_CON- TENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T(3) CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD (Deprecated) Upload size. See CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD(3) CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD_T Upload size. See CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD_T(3) CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE Content type from the Content-Type: header. We recommend using curl_easy_header(3) instead. See CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE(3) CURLINFO_COOKIELIST List of all known cookies. See CURLINFO_COOKIELIST(3) CURLINFO_EARLYDATA_SENT_T Amount of TLS early data sent (in number of bytes) when CURLSS- LOPT_EARLYDATA is enabled. CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD Last used HTTP method. See CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD(3) CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL Last used URL. See CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL(3) CURLINFO_FILETIME Remote time of the retrieved document. See CURLINFO_FILETIME(3) CURLINFO_FILETIME_T Remote time of the retrieved document. See CURLINFO_FILETIME_T(3) CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH The entry path after logging in to an FTP server. See CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH(3) CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE Number of bytes of all headers received. See CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE(3) CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL Available HTTP authentication methods. See CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL(3) CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_USED Used HTTP authentication method. See CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_USED(3) CURLINFO_HTTP_CONNECTCODE Last proxy CONNECT response code. See CURLINFO_HTTP_CONNECTCODE(3) CURLINFO_HTTP_VERSION The http version used in the connection. See CURLINFO_HTTP_VER- SION(3) CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET (Deprecated) Last socket used. See CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET(3) CURLINFO_LOCAL_IP Source IP address of the last connection. See CURLINFO_LOCAL_IP(3) CURLINFO_LOCAL_PORT Source port number of the last connection. See CURLINFO_LO- CAL_PORT(3) CURLINFO_NAMELOOKUP_TIME Time from start until name resolving completed as a double. See CURLINFO_NAMELOOKUP_TIME(3) CURLINFO_NAMELOOKUP_TIME_T Time from start until name resolving completed in number of mi- croseconds. See CURLINFO_NAMELOOKUP_TIME_T(3) CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS Number of new successful connections used for previous transfer. See CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS(3) CURLINFO_OS_ERRNO The errno from the last failure to connect. See CURLINFO_OS_ERRNO(3) CURLINFO_POSTTRANSFER_TIME_T The time it took from the start until the last byte is sent by libcurl. In microseconds. (Added in 8.10.0) See CURLINFO_POSTTRANS- FER_TIME_T(3) CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME The time it took from the start until the file transfer is about to begin. This includes all pre-transfer commands and negotiations that are specific to the particular protocol(s) involved. See CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME(3) CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME_T The time it took from the start until the file transfer is about to begin. This includes all pre-transfer commands and negotiations that are specific to the particular protocol(s) involved. In mi- croseconds. See CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME_T(3) CURLINFO_PRIMARY_IP Destination IP address of the last connection. See CURLINFO_PRI- MARY_IP(3) CURLINFO_PRIMARY_PORT Destination port of the last connection. See CURLINFO_PRI- MARY_PORT(3) CURLINFO_PRIVATE User's private data pointer. See CURLINFO_PRIVATE(3) CURLINFO_PROTOCOL (Deprecated) The protocol used for the connection. See CURLINFO_PRO- TOCOL(3) CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL Available HTTP proxy authentication methods. See CURLINFO_PROX- YAUTH_AVAIL(3) CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_USED Used HTTP proxy authentication methods. See CURLINFO_PROX- YAUTH_USED(3) CURLINFO_PROXY_ERROR Detailed proxy error. See CURLINFO_PROXY_ERROR(3) CURLINFO_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYRESULT Proxy certificate verification result. See CURLINFO_PROXY_SSL_VERI- FYRESULT(3) CURLINFO_QUEUE_TIME_T The time during which the transfer was held in a waiting queue be- fore it could start for real in number of microseconds. (Added in 8.6.0) See CURLINFO_QUEUE_TIME_T(3) CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT Total number of redirects that were followed. See CURLINFO_REDI- RECT_COUNT(3) CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME The time it took for all redirection steps include name lookup, con- nect, pretransfer and transfer before final transaction was started. This is zero if no redirection took place. As a double. See CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME(3) CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME_T The time it took for all redirection steps include name lookup, con- nect, pretransfer and transfer before final transaction was started. This is zero if no redirection took place. In number of microsec- onds. See CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME_T(3) CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL URL a redirect would take you to, had you enabled redirects. See CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL(3) CURLINFO_REFERER Referrer header. See CURLINFO_REFERER(3) CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE Number of bytes sent in the issued HTTP requests. See CURLINFO_RE- QUEST_SIZE(3) CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE Last received response code. See CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE(3) CURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER The value from the Retry-After header. See CURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER(3) CURLINFO_RTSP_CLIENT_CSEQ The RTSP client CSeq that is expected next. See CURLINFO_RTSP_CLIENT_CSEQ(3) CURLINFO_RTSP_CSEQ_RECV RTSP CSeq last received. See CURLINFO_RTSP_CSEQ_RECV(3) CURLINFO_RTSP_SERVER_CSEQ The RTSP server CSeq that is expected next. See CURLINFO_RTSP_SERVER_CSEQ(3) CURLINFO_RTSP_SESSION_ID RTSP session ID. See CURLINFO_RTSP_SESSION_ID(3) CURLINFO_SCHEME The scheme used for the connection. See CURLINFO_SCHEME(3) CURLINFO_SIZE_DELIVERED Number of bytes passed to the write callback. See CURLINFO_SIZE_DE- LIVERED(3) CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD (Deprecated) Number of bytes downloaded. See CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWN- LOAD(3) CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD_T Number of bytes downloaded. See CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD_T(3) CURLINFO_SIZE_UPLOAD (Deprecated) Number of bytes uploaded. See CURLINFO_SIZE_UPLOAD(3) CURLINFO_SIZE_UPLOAD_T Number of bytes uploaded. See CURLINFO_SIZE_UPLOAD_T(3) CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD (Deprecated) Average download speed. See CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD(3) CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD_T Average download speed. See CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD_T(3) CURLINFO_SPEED_UPLOAD (Deprecated) Average upload speed. See CURLINFO_SPEED_UPLOAD(3) CURLINFO_SPEED_UPLOAD_T Average upload speed in number of bytes per second. See CURLINFO_SPEED_UPLOAD_T(3) CURLINFO_SSL_ENGINES A list of OpenSSL crypto engines. See CURLINFO_SSL_ENGINES(3) CURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT Certificate verification result. See CURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT(3) CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME The time it took from the start until the first byte is received by libcurl. As a double. See CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME(3) CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME_T The time it took from the start until the first byte is received by libcurl. In microseconds. See CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME_T(3) CURLINFO_TLS_SESSION (Deprecated) TLS session info that can be used for further process- ing. See CURLINFO_TLS_SESSION(3). Use CURLINFO_TLS_SSL_PTR(3) in- stead. CURLINFO_TLS_SSL_PTR TLS session info that can be used for further processing. See CURLINFO_TLS_SSL_PTR(3) CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME Total time of previous transfer. See CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME(3) CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME_T Total time of previous transfer. See CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME_T(3) CURLINFO_USED_PROXY Whether the proxy was used (Added in 8.7.0). See CURLINFO_USED_PROXY(3) CURLINFO_XFER_ID The ID of the transfer. (Added in 8.2.0) See CURLINFO_XFER_ID(3) TIMES An overview of the time values available from curl_easy_getinfo(3) curl_easy_perform() | |--QUEUE |--|--NAMELOOKUP |--|--|--CONNECT |--|--|--|--APPCONNECT |--|--|--|--|--PRETRANSFER |--|--|--|--|--|--POSTTRANSFER |--|--|--|--|--|--|--STARTTRANSFER |--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--TOTAL |--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--REDIRECT CURLINFO_QUEUE_TIME_T(3), CURLINFO_NAMELOOKUP_TIME_T(3), CURLINFO_CON- NECT_TIME_T(3), CURLINFO_APPCONNECT_TIME_T(3), CURLINFO_PRETRANS- FER_TIME_T(3), CURLINFO_POSTTRANSFER_TIME_T(3), CURLINFO_STARTTRANS- FER_TIME_T(3), CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME_T(3), CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME_T(3) PROTOCOLS This functionality affects all supported protocols EXAMPLE int main(void) { CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { CURLcode result; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.example.com/"); result = curl_easy_perform(curl); if(result == CURLE_OK) { char *ct; /* ask for the content-type */ result = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE, &ct); if((result == CURLE_OK) && ct) printf("We received Content-Type: %s\n", ct); } /* always cleanup */ curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } } AVAILABILITY Added in curl 7.4.1 RETURN VALUE This function returns a CURLcode indicating success or error. CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3). If CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3) was set with curl_easy_se- topt(3) there can be an error message stored in the error buffer when non-zero is returned. SEE ALSO curl_easy_setopt(3) libcurl 2026-06-11 curl_easy_getinfo(3)
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