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pointer to a struct curl_slist * or a pointer to a double (as this
documentation describes further down). The data pointed-to will be filled in
accordingly and can be relied upon only if the function returns CURLE_OK. Use
-this function AFTER a performed transfer if you want to get transfer- oriented
+this function AFTER a performed transfer if you want to get transfer related
data.
You should not free the memory returned by this function unless it is
explicitly mentioned below.
.SH AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The following information can be extracted:
+
.IP CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL
-Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the last used effective URL.
+Last used URL.
+See \fICURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the last received HTTP, FTP or SMTP
-response code. This option was previously known as CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE in
-libcurl 7.10.7 and earlier. The value will be zero if no server response code
-has been received. Note that a proxy's CONNECT response should be read with
-\fICURLINFO_HTTP_CONNECTCODE\fP and not this.
+Last received response code.
+See \fICURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE(3)\fP
-Support for SMTP responses added in 7.25.0.
.IP CURLINFO_HTTP_CONNECTCODE
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the last received proxy response code to a
-CONNECT request.
+Last proxy CONNECT response code.
+See \fICURLINFO_HTTP_CONNECTCODE(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_FILETIME
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the remote time of the retrieved document
-(in number of seconds since 1 jan 1970 in the GMT/UTC time zone). If you get
--1, it can be because of many reasons (unknown, the server hides it or the
-server doesn't support the command that tells document time etc) and the time
-of the document is unknown. Note that you must tell the server to collect this
-information before the transfer is made, by using the
-\fICURLOPT_FILETIME(3)\fP option to \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP or you will
-unconditionally get a -1 back. (Added in 7.5)
+Remote time of the retrieved document.
+See \fICURLINFO_FILETIME(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME
-Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total time in seconds for the
-previous transfer, including name resolving, TCP connect etc.
+Total time of previous transfer.
+See \fICURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_NAMELOOKUP_TIME
-Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the
-start until the name resolving was completed.
+Time from start until name resolving completed.
+See \fICURLINFO_NAMELOOKUP_TIME(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME
-Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the
-start until the connect to the remote host (or proxy) was completed.
+Time from start until remote host or proxy completed.
+See \fICURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_APPCONNECT_TIME
-Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the
-start until the SSL/SSH connect/handshake to the remote host was completed.
-This time is most often very near to the PRETRANSFER time, except for cases
-such as HTTP pipelining where the pretransfer time can be delayed due to waits
-in line for the pipeline and more. (Added in 7.19.0)
+Time from start until SSL/SSH handshake completed.
+See \fICURLINFO_APPCONNECT_TIME(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME
-Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the
-start until the file transfer is just about to begin. This includes all
-pre-transfer commands and negotiations that are specific to the particular
-protocol(s) involved. It does \fInot\fP involve the sending of the protocol-
-specific request that triggers a transfer.
+Time from start until just before the transfer begins.
+See \fICURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME
-Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the
-start until the first byte is received by libcurl. This includes
-CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME and also the time the server needs to calculate the
-result.
+Time from start until just when the first byte is received.
+See \fICURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME
-Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total time, in seconds, it took for
-all redirection steps include name lookup, connect, pretransfer and transfer
-before final transaction was started. CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME contains the
-complete execution time for multiple redirections. (Added in 7.9.7)
+Time taken for all redirect steps before the final transfer.
+See \fICURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total number of redirections that were
-actually followed. (Added in 7.9.7)
+Total number of redirects that were followed.
+See \fICURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL
-Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the URL a redirect \fIwould\fP
-take you to if you would enable \fICURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3)\fP. This can come
-very handy if you think using the built-in libcurl redirect logic isn't good
-enough for you but you would still prefer to avoid implementing all the magic
-of figuring out the new URL. (Added in 7.18.2)
+URL a redirect would take you to, had you enabled redirects.
+See \fICURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_SIZE_UPLOAD
-Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total amount of bytes that were
-uploaded.
+Number of bytes uploaded.
+See \fICURLINFO_SIZE_UPLOAD(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD
-Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total amount of bytes that were
-downloaded. The amount is only for the latest transfer and will be reset again
-for each new transfer. This counts actual payload data, what's also commonly
-called body. All meta and header data are excluded and will not be counted in
-this number.
+Number of bytes downloaded.
+See \fICURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD
-Pass a pointer to a double to receive the average download speed that curl
-measured for the complete download. Measured in bytes/second.
+Average download speed.
+See \fICURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_SPEED_UPLOAD
-Pass a pointer to a double to receive the average upload speed that curl
-measured for the complete upload. Measured in bytes/second.
+Average upload speed.
+See \fICURLINFO_SPEED_UPLOAD(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total size of all the headers
-received. Measured in number of bytes.
+Number of bytes of all headers received.
+See \fICURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total size of the issued
-requests. This is so far only for HTTP requests. Note that this may be more
-than one request if FOLLOWLOCATION is true.
+Number of bytes sent in the issued HTTP requests.
+See \fICURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the result of the certification
-verification that was requested (using the \fICURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER(3)\fP
-option to \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP).
+Certificate verification result.
+See \fICURLINFO_SSL_VERIFYRESULT(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_SSL_ENGINES
-Pass the address of a 'struct curl_slist *' to receive a linked-list of
-OpenSSL crypto-engines supported. Note that engines are normally implemented
-in separate dynamic libraries. Hence not all the returned engines may be
-available at run-time. \fBNOTE:\fP you must call \fIcurl_slist_free_all(3)\fP
-on the list pointer once you're done with it, as libcurl will not free the
-data for you. (Added in 7.12.3)
+A list of OpenSSL crypto engines.
+See \fICURLINFO_SSL_ENGINES(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD
-Pass a pointer to a double to receive the content-length of the download. This
-is the value read from the Content-Length: field. Since 7.19.4, this returns -1
-if the size isn't known.
+Content length from the Content-Length header.
+See \fICURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD
-Pass a pointer to a double to receive the specified size of the upload. Since
-7.19.4, this returns -1 if the size isn't known.
+Upload size.
+See \fICURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_UPLOAD(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE
-Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the content-type of the downloaded
-object. This is the value read from the Content-Type: field. If you get NULL,
-it means that the server didn't send a valid Content-Type header or that the
-protocol used doesn't support this.
+Content type from the Content-Type header.
+See \fICURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_PRIVATE
-Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the pointer to the private data
-associated with the curl handle (set with the \fICURLOPT_PRIVATE(3)\fP option
-to \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP). Please note that for internal reasons, the
-value is returned as a char pointer, although effectively being a 'void *'.
-(Added in 7.10.3)
+User's private data pointer.
+See \fICURLINFO_PRIVATE(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive a bitmask indicating the authentication
-method(s) available. The meaning of the bits is explained in the
-\fICURLOPT_HTTPAUTH(3)\fP option for \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP. (Added in
-7.10.8)
+Available HTTP authentication methods.
+See \fICURLINFO_HTTPAUTH_AVAIL(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive a bitmask indicating the authentication
-method(s) available for your proxy authentication. (Added in 7.10.8)
+Available HTTP proxy authentication methods.
+See \fICURLINFO_PROXYAUTH_AVAIL(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_OS_ERRNO
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the errno variable from a connect failure.
-Note that the value is only set on failure, it is not reset upon a
-successful operation. (Added in 7.12.2)
+The errno from the last failure to connect.
+See \fICURLINFO_OS_ERRNO(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive how many new connections libcurl had to
-create to achieve the previous transfer (only the successful connects are
-counted). Combined with \fICURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT\fP you are able to know
-how many times libcurl successfully reused existing connection(s) or not. See
-the Connection Options of \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP to see how libcurl tries
-to make persistent connections to save time. (Added in 7.12.3)
+Number of new successful connections used for previous transfer.
+See \fICURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_PRIMARY_IP
-Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the pointer to a zero-terminated
-string holding the IP address of the most recent connection done with this
-\fBcurl\fP handle. This string may be IPv6 if that's enabled. Note that you
-get a pointer to a memory area that will be re-used at next request so you
-need to copy the string if you want to keep the information. (Added in 7.19.0)
+IP address of the last connection.
+See \fICURLINFO_PRIMARY_IP(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_PRIMARY_PORT
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the destination port of the most recent
-connection done with this \fBcurl\fP handle. (Added in 7.21.0)
+Port of the last connection.
+See \fICURLINFO_PRIMARY_PORT(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_LOCAL_IP
-Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the pointer to a zero-terminated
-string holding the local (source) IP address of the most recent connection done
-with this \fBcurl\fP handle. This string may be IPv6 if that's enabled. The
-same restrictions apply as to \fICURLINFO_PRIMARY_IP\fP. (Added in 7.21.0)
+Local-end IP address of last connection.
+See \fICURLINFO_LOCAL_IP(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_LOCAL_PORT
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the local (source) port of the most recent
-connection done with this \fBcurl\fP handle. (Added in 7.21.0)
+Local-end port of last connection.
+See \fICURLINFO_LOCAL_PORT(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_COOKIELIST
-Pass a pointer to a 'struct curl_slist *' to receive a linked-list of all
-cookies cURL knows (expired ones, too). Don't forget to
-\fIcurl_slist_free_all(3)\fP the list after it has been used. If there are no
-cookies (cookies for the handle have not been enabled or simply none have been
-received) 'struct curl_slist *' will be set to point to NULL. (Added in
-7.14.1)
+List of all known cookies.
+See \fICURLINFO_COOKIELIST(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the last socket used by this curl
-session. If the socket is no longer valid, -1 is returned. When you finish
-working with the socket, you must call curl_easy_cleanup() as usual and let
-libcurl close the socket and cleanup other resources associated with the
-handle. This is typically used in combination with
-\fICURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY(3)\fP. (Added in 7.15.2)
-
-NOTE: this API is not really working on win64, since the SOCKET type on win64
-is 64 bit large while its 'long' is only 32 bits.
+Last socket used.
+See \fICURLINFO_LASTSOCKET(3)\fP
+
+.IP CURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET
+The session's active socket.
+See \fICURLINFO_ACTIVESOCKET(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH
-Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive a pointer to a string holding the
-path of the entry path. That is the initial path libcurl ended up in when
-logging on to the remote FTP server. This stores a NULL as pointer if
-something is wrong. (Added in 7.15.4)
+The entry path after logging in to an FTP server.
+See \fICURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH(3)\fP
-Also works for SFTP since 7.21.4
.IP CURLINFO_CERTINFO
-Pass a pointer to a 'struct curl_certinfo *' and you'll get it set to point to
-struct that holds a number of linked lists with info about the certificate
-chain, assuming you had \fICURLOPT_CERTINFO(3)\fP enabled when the previous
-request was done. The struct reports how many certs it found and then you can
-extract info for each of those certs by following the linked lists. The info
-chain is provided in a series of data in the format "name:content" where the
-content is for the specific named data. See also the certinfo.c example. NOTE:
-this option is only available in libcurl built with OpenSSL, NSS or GSKit
-support. (Added in 7.19.1)
-.IP CURLINFO_TLS_SESSION
-Pass a pointer to a 'struct curl_tlssessioninfo *'. The pointer will be
-initialized to refer to a 'struct curl_tlssessioninfo *' that will contain an
-enum indicating the SSL library used for the handshake and the respective
-internal TLS session structure of this underlying SSL library.
-
-This may then be used to extract certificate information in a format
-convenient for further processing, such as manual validation. NOTE: this
-option may not be available for all SSL backends; unsupported SSL backends
-will return 'CURLSSLBACKEND_NONE' to indicate that they are not supported;
-this does not mean that no SSL backend was used. (Added in 7.34.0)
+Certificate chain.
+See \fICURLINFO_CERTINFO(3)\fP
+
+.IP CURLINFO_TLS_SSL_PTR
+TLS session info that can be used for further processing.
+See \fICURLINFO_TLS_SSL_PTR(3)\fP
.IP CURLINFO_CONDITION_UNMET
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the number 1 if the condition provided in
-the previous request didn't match (see \fICURLOPT_TIMECONDITION(3)\fP). Alas,
-if this returns a 1 you know that the reason you didn't get data in return is
-because it didn't fulfill the condition. The long ths argument points to will
-get a zero stored if the condition instead was met. (Added in 7.19.4)
+Whether or not a time conditional was met.
+See \fICURLINFO_CONDITION_UNMET(3)\fP
+
.IP CURLINFO_RTSP_SESSION_ID
-Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive a pointer to a string holding the
-most recent RTSP Session ID.
+RTSP session ID.
+See \fICURLINFO_RTSP_SESSION_ID(3)\fP
-Applications wishing to resume an RTSP session on another connection should
-retrieve this info before closing the active connection.
.IP CURLINFO_RTSP_CLIENT_CSEQ
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the next CSeq that will be used by the
-application.
-.IP CURLINFO_RTSP_SERVER_CSEQ
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the next server CSeq that will be expected
-by the application.
+RTSP CSeq that will next be used.
+See \fICURLINFO_RTSP_CLIENT_CSEQ(3)\fP
-\fI(NOTE: listening for server initiated requests is currently
-unimplemented).\fP
+.IP CURLINFO_RTSP_SERVER_CSEQ
+RTSP CSeq that will next be expected.
+See \fICURLINFO_RTSP_SERVER_CSEQ(3)\fP
-Applications wishing to resume an RTSP session on another connection should
-retrieve this info before closing the active connection.
.IP CURLINFO_RTSP_CSEQ_RECV
-Pass a pointer to a long to receive the most recently received CSeq from the
-server. If your application encounters a \fICURLE_RTSP_CSEQ_ERROR\fP then you
-may wish to troubleshoot and/or fix the CSeq mismatch by peeking at this value.
+RTSP CSeq last received.
+See \fICURLINFO_RTSP_CSEQ_RECV(3)\fP
+
.SH TIMES
.nf
An overview of the six time values available from curl_easy_getinfo()
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