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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING.3 | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING.3 index 9427a6b1d..abd4734ab 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING.3 @@ -45,10 +45,14 @@ Alternatively, you can specify exactly the encoding or list of encodings you want in the response. Four encodings are supported: \fIidentity\fP, meaning non-compressed, \fIdeflate\fP which requests the server to compress its response using the zlib algorithm, \fIgzip\fP which requests the gzip -algorithm and (since curl 7.57.0) \fIbr\fP which is brotli. +algorithm and (since curl 7.57.0) \fIbr\fP which is brotli. Provide them in +the string as a comma-separated list of accepted encodings, like: -Set this option to NULL to explicitly disable it, which makes libcurl not send -an Accept-Encoding: header and not decompress contents automatically. + "br, gzip, deflate". + +Set \fICURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING(3)\fP to NULL to explicitly disable it, which +makes libcurl not send an Accept-Encoding: header and not decompress received +contents automatically. You can also opt to just include the Accept-Encoding: header in your request with \fICURLOPT_HTTPHEADER(3)\fP but then there will be no automatic @@ -88,6 +92,10 @@ if(curl) { .fi .SH AVAILABILITY This option was called CURLOPT_ENCODING before 7.21.6 + +The specific libcurl you're using must have been built with zlib to be able to +decompress gzip and deflate responses and with the brotli library to +decompress brotli responses. .SH RETURN VALUE Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not, or CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY if there was insufficient heap space. |