.\" ************************************************************************** .\" * _ _ ____ _ .\" * Project ___| | | | _ \| | .\" * / __| | | | |_) | | .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * .\" * Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, , et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms .\" * are also available at https://curl.se/docs/copyright.html. .\" * .\" * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell .\" * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is .\" * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file. .\" * .\" * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY .\" * KIND, either express or implied. .\" * .\" * SPDX-License-Identifier: curl .\" * .\" ************************************************************************** .\" .TH CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS 3 "12 Sep 2015" libcurl libcurl .SH NAME CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS \- get number of created connections .SH SYNOPSIS .nf #include CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS, long *nump); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION Pass a pointer to a long to receive how many new connections libcurl had to create to achieve the previous transfer (only the successful connects are counted). Combined with \fICURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT(3)\fP you are able to know how many times libcurl successfully reused existing connection(s) or not. See the connection options of \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP to see how libcurl tries to make persistent connections to save time. .SH PROTOCOLS All .SH EXAMPLE .nf CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { CURLcode res; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L); res = curl_easy_perform(curl); if(res == CURLE_OK) { long connects; res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS, &connects); if(res) printf("It needed %d connects\\n", connects); } curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } .fi .SH AVAILABILITY Added in 7.12.3 .SH RETURN VALUE Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR curl_easy_getinfo "(3), " curl_easy_setopt "(3), "