CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3) NAME CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS - maximum time the transfer is allowed to complete SYNOPSIS #include CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, long timeout); DESCRIPTION Pass a long as parameter containing timeout - the maximum time in milliseconds that you allow the libcurl transfer operation to take. See CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) for details. DEFAULT Default timeout is 0 (zero) which means it never times out during transfer. PROTOCOLS All EXAMPLE int main(void) { CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com"); /* complete within 20000 milliseconds */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, 20000L); curl_easy_perform(curl); } } AVAILABILITY Always RETURN VALUE Returns CURLE_OK SEE ALSO CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3), CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3), CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE(3), CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) libcurl April 26 2024 CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3)