CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)					     curl_easy_setopt options						CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)

NAME

       CURLOPT_TIMEOUT - set maximum time the request is allowed to take

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

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

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a long as parameter containing timeout - the maximum time in seconds that you allow the libcurl transfer operation to take. Normally,
       name lookups can take a considerable time and limiting operations to less than a few minutes risk  aborting  perfectly  normal  operations.
       This option may cause libcurl to use the SIGALRM signal to timeout system calls.

       In unix-like systems, this might cause signals to be used unless CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL(3) is set.

       If both CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) and CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3) are set, the value set last will be used.

       Since  this puts a hard limit for how long time a request is allowed to take, it has limited use in dynamic use cases with varying transfer
       times. You are then advised to explore CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3), CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3) or using CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3) to imple-
       ment your own timeout logic.

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, "http://example.com");

	 /* complete within 20 seconds */
	 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 20L);

	 curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Always

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3), CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3), CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3),

libcurl 7.54.0							 February 03, 2016						CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)