CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_NAMELOOKUP_TIME, double *timep);
When a redirect is followed, the time from each request is added together.
See also the TIMES overview in the curl_easy_getinfo(3) man page.
curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { double namelookup; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url); res = curl_easy_perform(curl); if(CURLE_OK == res) { res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_NAMELOOKUP_TIME, &namelookup); if(CURLE_OK == res) { printf("Time: %.1f", namelookup); } } /* always cleanup */ curl_easy_cleanup(curl); }