Manpages - CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT.3

CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT - get the number of redirects

#include <curl/curl.h>

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

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

HTTP(S)

  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://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);
  }

Added in 7.9.7

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

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