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.TH CURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER 3 "December 04, 2023" "ibcurl 8.5.0" libcurl

.SH NAME
CURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER \- returns the Retry-After retry delay
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER,
                           curl_off_t *retry);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a curl_off_t variable to receive the number of seconds the
HTTP server suggests the client should wait until the next request is
issued. The information from the "Retry-After:" header.

While the HTTP header might contain a fixed date string, the
\fICURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER(3)\fP always returns the number of seconds to wait -
or zero if there was no header or the header could not be parsed.
.SH DEFAULT
Returns zero delay if there was no header.
.SH PROTOCOLS
HTTP(S)
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    if(res == CURLE_OK) {
      curl_off_t wait = 0;
      curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER, &wait);
      if(wait)
        printf("Wait for %" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T " seconds\\n", wait);
    }
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.66.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR curl_easy_header (3),
.BR CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION (3),
.BR CURLOPT_STDERR (3)