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.TH CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE 3 "2026-09-02" libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE \- Content\-Type of response
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE, char **ct);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the content\-type of the downloaded
object. This is the value read from the Content\-Type: field. If you get NULL,
it means that the server did not send a valid Content\-Type header or that the
protocol used does not support this.

The \fBct\fP pointer is NULL or points to private memory. You \fBmust not\fP free
it. It gets freed automatically when you call \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP on the
corresponding curl handle.

The modern way to get this header from a response is to instead use the
\fIcurl_easy_header(3)\fP function.
.SH PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects http only
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode result;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);

    if(result == CURLE_OK) {
      /* extract the content-type */
      char *ct = NULL;
      result = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE, &ct);
      if(!result && ct) {
        printf("Content-Type: %s\\n", ct);
      }
    }
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.9.4
.SH RETURN VALUE
\fIcurl_easy_getinfo(3)\fP returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non\-zero means an error occurred, see
\fIlibcurl\-errors(3)\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION (3),
.BR curl_easy_getinfo (3),
.BR curl_easy_header (3),
.BR curl_easy_setopt (3)