CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS explained
Name
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS - maximum time the transfer is allowed to complete
Synopsis
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, long timeout);
Description
Pass a long as parameter containing timeout - the maximum time in milliseconds that you allow the libcurl transfer operation to take.
See CURLOPT_TIMEOUT for details.
Default
0 (zero) which means it never times out during transfer.
Protocols
This functionality affects all supported protocols
Example
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); } }
Availability
Added in curl 7.16.2
Return value
Returns CURLE_OK
See also
CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3), CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3), CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE(3), CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)
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