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.TH CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT 3 "2024-04-03" libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT \- low speed limit in bytes per second
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT,
                          long speedlimit);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter. It contains the average transfer speed in bytes per
second that the transfer should be below during
\fICURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3)\fP seconds for libcurl to consider it to be too
slow and abort.
.SH DEFAULT
0, disabled
.SH PROTOCOLS
All
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    /* abort if slower than 30 bytes/sec during 60 seconds */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME, 60L);
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT, 30L);
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    if(CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT == res) {
      printf("Timeout!\\n");
    }
    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Always
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME (3),
.BR CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE (3),
.BR CURLOPT_MAX_SEND_SPEED_LARGE (3),
.BR CURLOPT_TIMEOUT (3)