CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3)         Library Functions Manual         CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_HTTPGET - ask for an HTTP GET request

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, long useget);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass a long. If useget is 1, this forces the HTTP request to get back
       to using GET. Usable if a POST, HEAD, PUT, etc has been used previously
       using the same curl handle.

       When setting CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3) to 1, libcurl automatically sets
       CURLOPT_NOBODY(3) to 0 and CURLOPT_UPLOAD(3) to 0.

       Setting this option to zero has no effect. Applications need to
       explicitly select which HTTP request method to use, they cannot
       deselect a method. To reset a handle to default method, consider
       curl_easy_reset(3).

DEFAULT
       0

PROTOCOLS
       This functionality affects http only

EXAMPLE
       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           CURLcode result;
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

           /* use a GET to fetch this */
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1L);

           /* Perform the request */
           result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
           curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in curl 7.8.1

RETURN VALUE
       curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.

       CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred,
       see libcurl-errors(3).

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_NOBODY(3), CURLOPT_POST(3), CURLOPT_UPLOAD(3),
       curl_easy_reset(3)

libcurl                           2026-09-02                CURLOPT_HTTPGET(3)