CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS - maximum time the transfer is allowed to complete
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, long timeout);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter containing timeout - the maximum time in milliseconds that you allow the libcurl transfer operation to take. See CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) for details.
DEFAULT
0 (zero) which means it never times out during transfer.
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all supported protocols
EXAMPLE
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); } }
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.16.2
RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error. CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3), CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3), CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE(3), CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) libcurl 2025-02-08 CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3)
curl 8.12.0 - Generated Wed Feb 19 10:49:15 CST 2025