CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS(3)   Library Functions Manual   CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS(3)

NAME
       CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS - get number of created connections

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS, long *nump);

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 CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT(3) you are
       able to know how many times libcurl successfully reused existing
       connection(s) or not. See the connection options of curl_easy_setopt(3)
       to see how libcurl tries to make persistent connections to save time.

PROTOCOLS
       This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE
       int main(void)
       {
         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 %ld connects\n", connects);
           }
           curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in curl 7.12.3

RETURN VALUE
       curl_easy_getinfo(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
       curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3)

libcurl                           2025-02-13          CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS(3)