NAME

CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL - get the last used URL

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, char **urlp);

DESCRIPTION

Pass in a pointer to a char pointer and get the last used effective URL.

In cases when you have asked libcurl to follow redirects, it may not be the same value you set with CURLOPT_URL(3).

The urlp pointer will be NULL or pointing to private memory you MUST NOT free - it gets freed when you call curl_easy_cleanup(3) on the corresponding CURL handle.

PROTOCOLS

HTTP(S)

EXAMPLE

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) {


    char *url = NULL;


    curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, &url);


    if(url)


      printf("Redirect to: %s\n", url);


  }


  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.4

RETURN VALUE

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