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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index 49d9cdd04..eee750b57 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ NULL, the function used to accept response data will be used instead. That is, it will be the function specified with \fICURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION\fP, or if it is not specified or NULL - the default, stream-writing function. +It's important to note that the callback will be invoked for the headers of +all responses received after initiating a request and not just the final +response. This includes all responses which occur during authentication +negotiation. If you need to operate on only the headers from the final +response, you will need to collect headers in the callback yourself and use +HTTP status lines, for example, to delimit response boundaries. + Since 7.14.1: When a server sends a chunked encoded transfer, it may contain a trailer. That trailer is identical to a HTTP header and if such a trailer is received it is passed to the application using this callback as well. There |