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);
}