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.TH CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS 3 "17 Jun 2014" libcurl libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS \- maximum time the transfer is allowed to complete
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, long timeout);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter containing \fItimeout\fP - the maximum time in
milliseconds that you allow the libcurl transfer operation to take.
See \fICURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)\fP for details.
.SH DEFAULT
Default timeout is 0 (zero) which means it never times out during transfer.
.SH PROTOCOLS
All
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* complete within 20000 milliseconds */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, 20000L);
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Always
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT (3),
.BR CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT (3),
.BR CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE (3),
.BR CURLOPT_TIMEOUT (3)