curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD.md
Daniel Stenberg 8442c24c9a
CURLINFO: remove 'get' and 'get the' from each short desc
The short descriptions describe the data each info retrieves. The info
itself does not 'get' the data.

This simplifies and shortens the descriptions and make them more
consistent.

Closes #19406
2025-11-08 17:05:55 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD (3)
- curl_easy_getinfo (3)
- curl_easy_setopt (3)
Protocol:
- All
Added-in: 7.6.1
---
# NAME
CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD - content-length of download
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD,
double *content_length);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a double to receive the content-length of the download. This
is the value read from the Content-Length: field. This returns -1 if the size
is not known.
CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T(3) is a newer replacement that returns a more
sensible variable type.
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* Perform the request */
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(!res) {
/* check the size */
double cl;
res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD, &cl);
if(!res) {
printf("Size: %.0f\n", cl);
}
}
}
}
~~~
# DEPRECATED
Deprecated since 7.55.0.
# %AVAILABILITY%
# RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_getinfo(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).