NAME¶
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT - set maximum time the request is allowed to take
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, long timeout);
DESCRIPTION¶
Pass a long as parameter containing
timeout - the maximum time in seconds
that you allow the libcurl transfer operation to take. Normally, name lookups
can take a considerable time and limiting operations to less than a few
minutes risk aborting perfectly normal operations. This option may cause
libcurl to use the SIGALRM signal to timeout system calls.
In unix-like systems, this might cause signals to be used unless
CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL(3) is set.
Since this puts a hard limit for how long time a request is allowed to take, it
has limited use in dynamic use cases with varying transfer times. You are then
advised to explore
CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3),
CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3) or using
CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3)
to implement your own timeout logic.
DEFAULT¶
Default timeout is 0 (zero) which means it never times out during transfer.
PROTOCOLS¶
All
EXAMPLE¶
TODO
AVAILABILITY¶
Always
RETURN VALUE¶
Returns CURLE_OK
SEE ALSO¶
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3),
CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3),
CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3),