CURLOPT_FILETIME (original) (raw)

CURLOPT_FILETIME explained

Name

CURLOPT_FILETIME - get the modification time of the remote resource

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FILETIME, long gettime);

Description

Pass a long. If it is 1, libcurl attempts to get the modification time of the remote document in this operation. This requires that the remote server sends the time or replies to a time querying command. The curl_easy_getinfo function with the CURLINFO_FILETIME argument can be used after a transfer to extract the received time (if any).

Default

Protocols

This functionality affects file, ftp, http, sftp and smb

Example

int main(void) { CURL curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { CURLcode res; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/path.html"); / Ask for filetime / curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FILETIME, 1L); res = curl_easy_perform(curl); if(CURLE_OK == res) { long filetime; res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_FILETIME, &filetime); if((CURLE_OK == res) && (filetime >= 0)) { time_t file_time = (time_t)filetime; printf("filetime: %s", ctime(&file_time)); } } / always cleanup */ curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } }

Availability

Added in curl 7.5

Return value

Returns CURLE_OK