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.TH CURLOPT_HTTP_CONTENT_DECODING 3 "2025-07-07" libcurl
.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);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long to tell libcurl how to act on content decoding. If set to zero,
content decoding is 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
This functionality affects http only
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
  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 curl 7.16.2
.SH RETURN VALUE
\fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non\-zero means an error occurred, see
\fIlibcurl\-errors(3)\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING (3),
.BR CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION (3),
.BR CURLOPT_STDERR (3)