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-.TH CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING 3 "19 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+.TH CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING 3 "May 15, 2017" "libcurl 7.59.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING \- ask for HTTP Transfer Encoding
.SH SYNOPSIS
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING, long enable);
.SH DESCRIPTION
-Pass a long set to 1 to \fIenable\fP or 0 to disable.
+Pass a long set to 1L to \fIenable\fP or 0 to disable.
Adds a request for compressed Transfer Encoding in the outgoing HTTP
request. If the server supports this and so desires, it can respond with the
.SH PROTOCOLS
HTTP
.SH EXAMPLE
-TODO
+.nf
+CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+if(curl) {
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TRANSFER_ENCODING, 1L);
+ curl_easy_perform(curl);
+}
+.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.21.6
.SH RETURN VALUE