curl/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_upkeep.md
Daniel Stenberg e3fe020089
docs/libcurl: generate PROTOCOLS from meta-data
Remove the PROTOCOLS section from the source files completely and
instead generate them based on the header data in the curldown files.

It also generates TLS backend information for options marked for TLS as
protocol.

Closes #13175
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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
---
# NAME
curl_easy_upkeep - Perform any connection upkeep checks.
# 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).
# 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
Added in 7.62.0.
# RETURN VALUE
On success, returns **CURLE_OK**.
On failure, returns the appropriate error code.