CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT(3)                    Library Functions Manual

NAME
       CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT - time allowed to wait for server
       response

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT,
                                 long timeout);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass a long. It tells libcurl to wait no longer than timeout seconds
       for responses on sent commands. If no response is received within this
       period, the connection is considered dead and the transfer fails.

       It is recommended that if used in conjunction with CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3),
       you set CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT(3) to a value smaller than
       CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3).

DEFAULT
       60 seconds

PROTOCOLS
       This functionality affects ftp, imap, pop3, scp, sftp and smtp

EXAMPLE
       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);
         }
       }

HISTORY
       This option was formerly known as CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT.

AVAILABILITY
       Added in curl 7.20.0

RETURN VALUE
       curl_easy_setopt(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
       CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3), CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3),
       CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_MS(3), CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)

libcurl                           2025-11-05
                                            CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT(3)