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23 .TH CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS 3 "February 03, 2016" "libcurl 7.56.1" "curl_easy_setopt options"
26 CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS \- maximum number of redirects allowed
28 #include <curl/curl.h>
30 CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, long amount);
32 Pass a long. The set number will be the redirection limit \fIamount\fP. If
33 that many redirections have been followed, the next redirect will cause an
34 error (\fICURLE_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS\fP). This option only makes sense if the
35 \fICURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3)\fP is used at the same time.
37 Setting the limit to 0 will make libcurl refuse any redirect.
39 Set it to -1 for an infinite number of redirects.
46 curl = curl_easy_init();
48 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/");
50 /* enable redirect following */
51 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
53 /* allow three redirects */
54 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 3L);
56 /* Perform the request */
57 curl_easy_perform(curl);
63 Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
65 .BR CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION "(3), "