| CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3) | Introduction to Library Functions | CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3) |
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS - maximum time the transfer is allowed to complete
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, long timeout);
Pass a long as parameter containing timeout - the maximum time in milliseconds that you allow the libcurl transfer operation to take.
See CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) for details.
0 (zero) which means it never times out during transfer.
This functionality affects all supported protocols
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* complete within 20000 milliseconds */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, 20000L);
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
Added in curl 7.16.2
Returns CURLE_OK
CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3), CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3), CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE(3), CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)
| 2024-10-05 | libcurl |