curl/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_upkeep.md
Jay Satiro 573aaec3be easy: fix curl_easy_upkeep for shared connection caches
- Determine which connection cache is or will be used by the easy handle
  and perform connection upkeep on that cache.

This change allows curl_easy_upkeep to be effective on easy handles that
are using a shared connection cache, either from a user created shared
connection cache or a user created multi which has its own shared
connection cache.

Prior to this change curl_easy_upkeep would upkeep the connection cache
for the easy handle only if that cache was from the multi owned by the
easy handle (ie curl_easy_perform was previously called and there's a
connection cache exclusive to the easy handle in
data->multi_easy->conn_cache).

Ref: https://curl.se/mail/lib-2024-01/0016.html

Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/12677
2024-08-04 18:41:18 -04:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: curl_easy_upkeep
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE (3)
- CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE (3)
Protocol:
- All
Added-in: 7.62.0
---
# NAME
curl_easy_upkeep - keep existing connections alive
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_upkeep(CURL *handle);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Some protocols have "connection upkeep" mechanisms. These mechanisms usually
send some traffic on existing connections in order to keep them alive; this
can prevent connections from being closed due to overzealous firewalls, for
example.
Currently the only protocol with a connection upkeep mechanism is HTTP/2: when
the connection upkeep interval is exceeded and curl_easy_upkeep(3)
is called, an HTTP/2 PING frame is sent on the connection.
This function must be explicitly called in order to perform the upkeep work.
The connection upkeep interval is set with
CURLOPT_UPKEEP_INTERVAL_MS(3).
If you call this function on an easy handle that uses a shared connection cache
then upkeep is performed on the connections in that cache, even if those
connections were never used by the easy handle. (Added in 8.10.0)
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
/* Make a connection to an HTTP/2 server. */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* Set the interval to 30000ms / 30s */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPKEEP_INTERVAL_MS, 30000L);
curl_easy_perform(curl);
/* Perform more work here. */
/* While the connection is being held open, curl_easy_upkeep() can be
called. If curl_easy_upkeep() is called and the time since the last
upkeep exceeds the interval, then an HTTP/2 PING is sent. */
curl_easy_upkeep(curl);
/* Perform more work here. */
/* always cleanup */
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# %AVAILABILITY%
# RETURN VALUE
On success, returns **CURLE_OK**.
On failure, returns the appropriate error code.