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.TH CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING 3 "January 02, 2023" "libcurl 7.88.1" "curl_easy_setopt options"

.SH NAME
CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING \- HTTP content decoding control
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING,
                          long enabled);
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long to tell libcurl how to act on content decoding. If set to zero,
content decoding will be disabled. If set to 1 it is enabled. Libcurl has no
default content decoding but requires you to use
\fICURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3)\fP for that.
.SH DEFAULT
1
.SH PROTOCOLS
HTTP
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  CURLcode ret;
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING, 0L);
  ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.16.2
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_STDERR "(3), " CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION "(3), "
.BR CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING "(3) "