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CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION explained

Name

CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION - select condition for a time request

Synopsis

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

Description

Pass a long as parameter. This defines how the CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE time value is treated. You can set this parameter to CURL_TIMECOND_IFMODSINCE or CURL_TIMECOND_IFUNMODSINCE.

The last modification time of a file is not always known and in such instances this feature has no effect even if the given time condition would not have been met. curl_easy_getinfo with the CURLINFO_CONDITION_UNMET option can be used after a transfer to learn if a zero-byte successful "transfer" was due to this condition not matching.

Default

CURL_TIMECOND_NONE (0)

Protocols

HTTP, FTP, RTSP, and FILE

Example

CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
 
  /* January 1, 2020 is 1577833200 */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEVALUE, 1577833200L);
 
  /* If-Modified-Since the above time stamp */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION,
                   (long)CURL_TIMECOND_IFMODSINCE);
 
  /* Perform the request */
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

Availability

Always

Return value

Returns CURLE_OK