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CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME explained

Name

CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME - get the time for all redirection steps

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>
 
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME,
                           double *timep);

Description

Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total time, in seconds, it took for all redirection steps include name lookup, connect, pretransfer and transfer before final transaction was started. CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME contains the complete execution time for multiple redirections.

See also the TIMES overview in the curl_easy_getinfo man page.

Protocols

This functionality affects http only

Example

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    double redirect;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    if(CURLE_OK == res) {
      res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME, &redirect);
      if(CURLE_OK == res) {
        printf("Time: %.1f", redirect);
      }
    }
    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}

Availability

Added in curl 7.9.7

Return value

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.