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NAME
       CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME - get the time until the file transfer start

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME,
                                  double *timep);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass  a  pointer  to  a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took
       from the start until the file transfer is just about to begin.

       This time-stamp includes all  pre-transfer  commands  and  negotiations
       that  are  specific to the particular protocol(s) involved. It includes
       the sending of the protocol- specific protocol instructions that  trig-
       gers a transfer.

       When  a  redirect  is followed, the time from each request is added to-
       gether.

       See also the TIMES overview in the curl_easy_getinfo(3) man page.

PROTOCOLS
       All

EXAMPLE
       curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         double pretransfer;
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
         if(CURLE_OK == res) {
           res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME, &pretransfer);
           if(CURLE_OK == res) {
             printf("Time: %.1f", pretransfer);
           }
         }
         /* always cleanup */
         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in 7.4.1

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

SEE ALSO
       curl_easy_getinfo(3),      curl_easy_setopt(3),      CURLINFO_PRETRANS-
       FER_TIME_T(3)

libcurl 7.81.0                 November 26, 2021  CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME(3)

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