CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3)
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 mil-
liseconds that you allow the libcurl transfer operation to take.
See CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) 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
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_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3), CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3), CUR-
LOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE(3), CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)
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