72 lines
2.8 KiB
Groff
72 lines
2.8 KiB
Groff
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.TH CURLOPT_TIMEOUT 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
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.SH NAME
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CURLOPT_TIMEOUT \- set maximum time the request is allowed to take
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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#include <curl/curl.h>
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CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, long timeout);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Pass a long as parameter containing \fItimeout\fP - the maximum time in
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seconds that you allow the libcurl transfer operation to take. Normally, name
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lookups can take a considerable time and limiting operations to less than a
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few minutes risk aborting perfectly normal operations. This option may cause
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libcurl to use the SIGALRM signal to timeout system calls.
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In unix-like systems, this might cause signals to be used unless
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\fICURLOPT_NOSIGNAL(3)\fP is set.
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If both \fICURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)\fP and \fICURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3)\fP are set, the
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value set last will be used.
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Since this puts a hard limit for how long time a request is allowed to take,
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it has limited use in dynamic use cases with varying transfer times. You are
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then advised to explore \fICURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3)\fP,
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\fICURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3)\fP or using \fICURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3)\fP to
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implement your own timeout logic.
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.SH DEFAULT
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Default timeout is 0 (zero) which means it never times out during transfer.
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.SH PROTOCOLS
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All
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.SH EXAMPLE
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.nf
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CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
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if(curl) {
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
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/* complete within 20 seconds */
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 20L);
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curl_easy_perform(curl);
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}
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.fi
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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Always
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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Returns CURLE_OK. Returns CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT if set to a negative
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value or a value that when converted to milliseconds is too large.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS "(3), "
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.BR CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT "(3), " CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT "(3), "
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