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CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT(3) Library Functions Manual CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT(3)

NAME

CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT - get the number of redirects

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT,

long *countp);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total number of redirections that were actually followed.

PROTOCOLS

This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(res == CURLE_OK) {
long redirects;
curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT, &redirects);
}
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
} }

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.9.7

RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO

CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL(3), CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3), curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3)

2026-04-12 libcurl
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