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

int main(void)
{


  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);


  }
}

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), CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL(3), CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3)