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+.TH CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD 3 "November 04, 2020" "libcurl 7.75.0" "curl_easy_getinfo options"
+
+.SH NAME
+CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD \- get the last used HTTP method
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD,
+                           char **methodp);
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Pass in a pointer to a char pointer and get the last used effective HTTP
+method.
+
+In cases when you've asked libcurl to follow redirects, the method may very
+well not be the same method the first request would use.
+
+The \fBmethodp\fP pointer will be NULL or pointing to private memory you MUST
+NOT free - it gets freed when you call \fIcurl_easy_cleanup(3)\fP on the
+corresponding CURL handle.
+.SH PROTOCOLS
+HTTP(S)
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.nf
+CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+if(curl) {
+  CURLcode res;
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "data");
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
+  res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+  if(res == CURLE_OK) {
+    char *method = NULL;
+    curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_METHOD, &method);
+    if(method)
+      printf("Redirected to method: %s\\n", method);
+  }
+  curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+}
+.fi
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+Added in 7.72.0
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR curl_easy_getinfo "(3), " curl_easy_setopt "(3), "