CURLINFO\_REQUEST\_SIZE(3) Library Functions Manual CURLINFO\_REQUEST\_SIZE(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

CURLINFO\_REQUEST\_SIZE - size of sent request

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE, long *sizep);
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Pass a pointer to a long to receive the total size of the issued requests. This is so far only for HTTP requests. Note that this may be more than one request if [*CURLOPT\_FOLLOWLOCATION(3)*](/man/os/curl/CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION.3) is enabled.

# [PROTOCOLS](#PROTOCOLS)

This functionality affects all supported protocols

# [EXAMPLE](#EXAMPLE)

```
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) {


      long req;


      result = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE, &req);


      if(result == CURLE_OK)


        printf("Request size: %ld bytes\n", req);


    }


    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);


  }
}
```

# [AVAILABILITY](#AVAILABILITY)

Added in curl 7.4.1

# [RETURN VALUE](#RETURN_VALUE)

[*curl\_easy\_getinfo(3)*](/man/os/curl/curl_easy_getinfo.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)*](/man/os/curl/libcurl-errors.3).

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**CURLINFO\_HEADER\_SIZE**(3)](/man/os/curl/CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE.3), [**CURLINFO\_SIZE\_DOWNLOAD\_T**(3)](/man/os/curl/CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD_T.3), [**curl\_easy\_getinfo**(3)](/man/os/curl/curl_easy_getinfo.3), [**curl\_easy\_setopt**(3)](/man/os/curl/curl_easy_setopt.3)

2026-10-31 libcurl

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Document: CURLINFO_REQUEST_SIZE(3) from curl 8.23.0-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/curl/curl.git