CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN - max idle time allowed for reusing a connection
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN, long age);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter containing age - the maximum time in seconds
allowed for an existing connection to have been idle to be considered
for reuse for this request.
The "connection cache" holds previously used connections. When a new re-
quest is to be done, libcurl considers any connection that matches for
reuse. The CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN(3) limit prevents libcurl from trying too
old connections for reuse, since old connections have a higher risk of
not working and thus trying them is a performance loss and sometimes
service loss due to the difficulties to figure out the situation. If a
connection is found in the cache that is older than this set age, it is
closed instead.
DEFAULT
118 seconds
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");
/* only allow 30 seconds idle time */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN, 30L);
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.65.0
RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.
CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred,
see libcurl-errors(3).
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE(3), CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT(3), CURLOPT_MAXLIFE-
TIME_CONN(3), CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)
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