---
name: "CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL"
section: "3"
platform: "macos"
package: "curl"
version: "166.0.0.0.1"
release: "macOS 26.5"
platforms: ["linux", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL"
---

# CURLINFO\_REDIRECT\_URL(3)

get the URL a redirect would go to

## NAME

CURLINFO\_REDIRECT\_URL - get the URL a redirect would go to

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL, char **urlp);
```

## DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to a char pointer to receive the URL a redirect *would* take you to if you would enable *[CURLOPT\_FOLLOWLOCATION(3)](/CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION/3.md)*. This can come handy if you think using the built-in libcurl redirect logic is not good enough for you but you would still prefer to avoid implementing all the magic of figuring out the new URL.

This URL is also set if the *[CURLOPT\_MAXREDIRS(3)](/CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS/3.md)* limit prevented a redirect to happen (since 7.54.1).

## PROTOCOLS

HTTP(S)

## EXAMPLE

```
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    if(res == CURLE_OK) {
      char *url = NULL;
      curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL, &url);
      if(url)
        printf("Redirect to: %s\n", url);
    }
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}
```

## AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.18.2

## RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE\_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE\_UNKNOWN\_OPTION if not.

## SEE ALSO

[**CURLINFO\_REDIRECT\_COUNT**(3)](/CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT/3.md), [**CURLINFO\_REDIRECT\_TIME\_T**(3)](/CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME_T/3.md), [**CURLOPT\_FOLLOWLOCATION**(3)](/CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION/3.md), [**curl\_easy\_getinfo**(3)](/curl_easy_getinfo/3.md), [**curl\_easy\_setopt**(3)](/curl_easy_setopt/3.md)