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+.TH CURLOPT_HTTPGET 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
+.SH NAME
+CURLOPT_HTTPGET \- ask for a HTTP GET request
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, long useget);
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Pass a long. If \fIuseget\fP is 1, this forces the HTTP request to get back to
+using GET. Usable if a POST, HEAD, PUT, etc has been used previously using the
+same curl \fIhandle\fP.
+
+When setting \fICURLOPT_HTTPGET(3)\fP to 1, it will automatically set
+\fICURLOPT_NOBODY(3)\fP to 0 and \fICURLOPT_UPLOAD(3)\fP to 0.
+.SH DEFAULT
+0
+.SH PROTOCOLS
+HTTP(S)
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.nf
+curl = curl_easy_init();
+if(curl) {
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
+
+ /* use a GET to fetch this */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, 1L);
+
+ /* Perform the request */
+ curl_easy_perform(curl);
+}
+.fi
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+Along with HTTP
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+Returns CURLE_OK if HTTP is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR CURLOPT_NOBODY "(3), " CURLOPT_UPLOAD "(3), "