CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3)

NAME
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS - maximum time the transfer is allowed to complete

SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
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
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)