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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel.se>, et al.
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SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
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Title: CURLOPT_TIMEOUT
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Section: 3
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Source: libcurl
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See-also:
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- CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT (3)
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- CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT (3)
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- CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE (3)
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- CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS (3)
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---
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# NAME
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CURLOPT_TIMEOUT - maximum time the transfer is allowed to complete
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# SYNOPSIS
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~~~c
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#include <curl/curl.h>
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CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, long timeout);
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~~~
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# DESCRIPTION
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Pass a long as parameter containing *timeout* - the maximum time in
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seconds that you allow the entire transfer operation to take. The whole thing,
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from start to end. Normally, name lookups can take a considerable time and
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limiting operations risk aborting perfectly normal operations.
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CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3) is the same function but set in milliseconds.
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If both CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) and CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3) are set, the
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value set last is used.
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Since this option puts a hard limit on how long time a request is allowed to
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take, it has limited use in dynamic use cases with varying transfer
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times. That is especially apparent when using the multi interface, which may
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queue the transfer, and that time is included. You are advised to explore
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CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3), CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3) or using
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CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3) to implement your own timeout logic.
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The connection timeout set with CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3) is included in
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this general all-covering timeout.
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With CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3) set to 3 and CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) set
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to 5, the operation can never last longer than 5 seconds.
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With CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3) set to 4 and CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) set
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to 2, the operation can never last longer than 2 seconds.
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This option may cause libcurl to use the SIGALRM signal to timeout system
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calls on builds not using asynch DNS. In unix-like systems, this might cause
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signals to be used unless CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL(3) is set.
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# DEFAULT
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Default timeout is 0 (zero) which means it never times out during transfer.
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# PROTOCOLS
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All
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# EXAMPLE
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~~~c
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int main(void)
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{
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CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
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if(curl) {
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
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/* complete within 20 seconds */
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curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 20L);
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curl_easy_perform(curl);
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}
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}
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~~~
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# AVAILABILITY
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Always
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# RETURN VALUE
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Returns CURLE_OK. Returns CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT if set to a negative
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value or a value that when converted to milliseconds is too large.
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