NAME¶

CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS - maximum number of redirects allowed

SYNOPSIS¶

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

DESCRIPTION¶

Pass a long. The set number is the redirection limit amount. If that many redirections have been followed, the next redirect triggers the error (CURLE_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS). This option only makes sense if the CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3) is used at the same time.

Setting the limit to 0 makes libcurl refuse any redirect.

Set it to -1 for an infinite number of redirects. This allows your application to get stuck in never-ending redirect loops.

DEFAULT¶

30 (since 8.3.0), it was previously unlimited.

PROTOCOLS¶

This functionality affects http only

EXAMPLE¶

int main(void)
{


  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();


  if(curl) {


    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");


    /* enable redirect following */


    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);


    /* allow three redirects */


    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 3L);


    /* Perform the request */


    curl_easy_perform(curl);


  }
}

AVAILABILITY¶

Added in curl 7.5

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO¶

CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT(3), CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL(3), CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION(3)