CURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER(3)    curl_easy_getinfo options   CURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER(3)

NAME
       CURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER - returns the Retry-After retry delay

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER,
       curl_off_t *retry);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass a pointer to a curl_off_t variable to receive the number of
       seconds the HTTP server suggests the client should wait until the next
       request is issued. The information from the "Retry-After:" header.

       While the HTTP header might contain a fixed date string, the
       _RETRY_AFTER&section=3">CURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER(3) will always return number of seconds to wait -
       or zero if there was no header or the header couldn't be parsed.

DEFAULT
       Returns zero delay if there was no header.

PROTOCOLS
       HTTP(S)

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         CURLcode res;
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
         if(res == CURLE_OK) {
           curl_off_t wait = 0;
           curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER, &wait);
           if(wait)
             printf("Wait for %" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T " seconds\n", wait);
         }
         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in curl 7.66.0

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
       if not.

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_STDERR(3), CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION(3),

libcurl 7.77.0                 November 4, 2020        CURLINFO_RETRY_AFTER(3)