curl_easy_nextheader.3

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.TH curl_easy_nextheader 3 "13 March 2022" "libcurl 7.83.0" "libcurl Manual"
.SH NAME
curl_easy_nextheader - get the next HTTP header
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

struct curl_header *curl_easy_nextheader(CURL *easy,
                                         unsigned int origin,
                                         int request,
                                         struct curl_header *prev);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
This function lets an application iterate over all previously received HTTP
headers.

The \fIorigin\fP argument is for specifying which headers to receive, as a
single HTTP transfer might provide headers from several different places and
they may then have different importance to the user and headers using the same
name might be used. The \fIorigin\fP is a bitmask for what header sources you
want. See the \fIcurl_easy_header(3)\fP man page for the origin descriptions.

The \fIrequest\fP argument tells libcurl from which request you want headers
from. A single transfer might consist of a series of HTTP requests and this
argument lets you specify which particular individual request you want the
headers from. 0 being the first request and then the number increases for
further redirects or when multi-state authentication is used. Passing in -1 is
a shortcut to "the last" request in the series, independently of the actual
amount of requests used.

It is suggested that you pass in the same \fBorigin\fP and \fBrequest\fP when
iterating over a range of headers as changing the value mid-loop might give
you unexpected results.

If \fIprev\fP is NULL, this function returns a pointer to the first header
stored within the given scope (origin + request).

If \fIprev\fP is a pointer to a previously returned header struct,
\fIcurl_easy_nextheader(3)\fP returns a pointer the next header stored within
the given scope. This way, an application can iterate over all available
headers.

The memory for the struct this points to, is owned and managed by libcurl and
is associated with the easy handle. Applications must copy the data if they
want it to survive subsequent API calls or the life-time of the easy handle.
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
struct curl_header *prev = NULL;
struct curl_header *h;

/* extract the normal headers from the first request */
while((h = curl_easy_nextheader(easy, CURLH_HEADER, 0, prev))) {
   print "%s: %s\\n", h->name, h->value);
   prev = h;
}

/* extract the normal headers + 1xx + trailers from the last request */
unsigned int origin = CURLH_HEADER| CURLH_1XX | CURLH_TRAILER;
while((h = curl_easy_nextheader(easy, origin, -1, prev))) {
   print "%s: %s\\n", h->name, h->value);
   prev = h;
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.83.0. Officially supported since 7.84.0.
.SH RETURN VALUE
This function returns the next header, or NULL when there are no more
(matching) headers or an error occurred.

If this function returns NULL when \fIprev\fP was set to NULL, then there are
no headers available within the scope to return.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR curl_easy_header "(3), " curl_easy_perform "(3) "