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  23. .TH CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL 3 "28 Aug 2015" "libcurl 7.44.0" "curl_easy_getinfo options"
  24. .SH NAME
  25. CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL \- get the last used URL
  26. .SH SYNOPSIS
  27. .nf
  28. #include <curl/curl.h>
  29. CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, char **urlp);
  30. .fi
  31. .SH DESCRIPTION
  32. Pass in a pointer to a char pointer and get the last used effective URL.
  33. In cases when you have asked libcurl to follow redirects, it may not be the same
  34. value you set with \fICURLOPT_URL(3)\fP.
  35. The \fBurlp\fP pointer will be NULL or pointing to private memory you MUST NOT
  36. free - it gets freed when you call \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP on the
  37. corresponding CURL handle.
  38. .SH PROTOCOLS
  39. HTTP(S)
  40. .SH EXAMPLE
  41. .nf
  42. CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  43. if(curl) {
  44. CURLcode res;
  45. curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
  46. curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
  47. res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
  48. if(res == CURLE_OK) {
  49. char *url = NULL;
  50. curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, &url);
  51. if(url)
  52. printf("Redirect to: %s\\n", url);
  53. }
  54. curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  55. }
  56. .fi
  57. .SH AVAILABILITY
  58. Added in 7.4
  59. .SH RETURN VALUE
  60. Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
  61. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  62. .BR curl_easy_getinfo "(3), " curl_easy_setopt "(3), "