curl-w32/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS.md

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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT (3)
- CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT (3)
- CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE (3)
- CURLOPT_TIMEOUT (3)
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS - maximum time the transfer is allowed to complete
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#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
~~~c
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