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CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS explained

Name

CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS - timeout for the connect phase

Synopsis

#include <curl/curl.h>
 
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS,
                          long timeout);

Description

Pass a long. It should contain the maximum time in milliseconds that you allow the connection phase to the server to take.

See CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT for details.

Default

300000

Protocols

All

Example

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
 
  /* complete connection within 10000 milliseconds */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS, 10000L);
 
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

Availability

Always

Return value

Returns CURLE_OK