.\" generated by cd2nroff 0.1 from CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT.md .TH CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT 3 "2024-11-07" libcurl .SH NAME CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT \- time allowed to wait for server response .SH SYNOPSIS .nf #include CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, long timeout); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION Pass a long. Causes libcurl to set a \fItimeout\fP period (in seconds) on the amount of time that the server is allowed to take in order to send a response message for a command before the session is considered dead. While libcurl is waiting for a response, this value overrides \fICURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)\fP. It is recommended that if used in conjunction with \fICURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)\fP, you set \fICURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT(3)\fP to a value smaller than \fICURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)\fP. This option was formerly known as CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT. .SH DEFAULT None .SH PROTOCOLS This functionality affects ftp, imap, pop3, scp, sftp and smtp .SH EXAMPLE .nf int main(void) { CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { CURLcode res; curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/slow.txt"); /* wait no more than 23 seconds */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, 23L); res = curl_easy_perform(curl); curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } } .fi .SH AVAILABILITY Added in curl 7.20.0 .SH RETURN VALUE Returns CURLE_OK if supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not. Returns CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT if set to a negative value or a value that when converted to milliseconds is too large. .SH SEE ALSO .BR CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT (3), .BR CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT (3), .BR CURLOPT_TIMEOUT (3)