.\" generated by cd2nroff 0.1 from CURLOPT_TCP_NODELAY.md .TH CURLOPT_TCP_NODELAY 3 "2024-11-07" libcurl .SH NAME CURLOPT_TCP_NODELAY \- the TCP_NODELAY option .SH SYNOPSIS .nf #include CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TCP_NODELAY, long nodelay); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION Pass a long specifying whether the \fITCP_NODELAY\fP option is to be set or cleared (1L = set, 0 = clear). The option is set by default. This has no effect after the connection has been established. Setting this option to 1L disables the Nagle algorithm on connections created using this handle. The purpose of this algorithm is to minimize the number of small packets on the network (where "small packets" means TCP segments less than the Maximum Segment Size for the network). Maximizing the amount of data sent per TCP segment is good because it amortizes the overhead of the send. However, in some cases small segments may need to be sent without delay. This is less efficient than sending larger amounts of data at a time, and can contribute to congestion on the network if overdone. .SH DEFAULT 1 .SH PROTOCOLS This functionality affects tcp only .SH EXAMPLE .nf int main(void) { CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com"); /* leave Nagle enabled */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_NODELAY, 0); curl_easy_perform(curl); } } .fi .SH HISTORY The default was changed to 1 from 0 in 7.50.2. .SH AVAILABILITY Added in curl 7.11.2 .SH RETURN VALUE Returns CURLE_OK .SH SEE ALSO .BR CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE (3), .BR CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION (3), .BR CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE (3)