CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT
Section: curl_easy_setopt options (3)
Updated: November 04, 2020
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NAME
CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT - timeout for the connect phase
SYNOPSIS
#include <
curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, long timeout);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a long. It should contain the maximum time in seconds that you allow the
connection phase to the server to take. This only limits the connection
phase, it has no impact once it has connected. Set to zero to switch to the
default built-in connection timeout - 300 seconds. See also the
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) option.
In unix-like systems, this might cause signals to be used unless
CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL(3) is set.
If both CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3) and CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS(3)
are set, the value set last will be used.
DEFAULT
300
PROTOCOLS
All
EXAMPLE
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* complete connection within 10 seconds */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10L);
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
AVAILABILITY
Always
RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK. Returns CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT if set to a negative
value or a value that when converted to milliseconds is too large.
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS(3),
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3),
CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3),